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Why did Al Gore not want to be President when Clinton was impeached?
He naturally realized that his views and actions - once he was the highest law in the land - would get him impeached before Clinton's trial would be over.
What happens if the president is impeached and convicted?
If a president is convicted of a crime by congress, they are impeached. If congress decides toward it, the president must leave office. However, they can veto it. Two presidents have been impeached. They are Andrew Johnson, and Bill Clinton. Also, Richard Nixon would have been impeached for The Watergate Scandal, but resigned before such happened.
Which president was not impeached?
Only two of 43 president were impeached: Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Richard Nixon resigned while impeachment charges were being prepared against him. In both cases the sitting president was impeached but in neither case did the Senate choose to convict so although both were impeached, neither was removed from office.
What is Bill Clinton listed for?
In a manner of speaking, former US president, Bill Clinton has one listed problem that has tainted his time as US President. That would be the fact that he was the second US president that was impeached.
Name of us presidents that have been impeached?
Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only two US presidents to be impeached, but impeachment is only the first step in the process of removing a president. (Many people think "impeached" means "thrown out of office," but that is not true.) The procedure for removing a president involves both houses of Congress. After first being impeached (which is like being indicted) in the House of Representatives, a vote must then be taken in the US Senate; if a majority of senators agree, then the president is removed. In the cases of Presidents Clinton and Johnson, the Senate did not vote to convict them, so both men finished their terms as president.
Which president was almost impeached?
Two U.S. presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth chief executive, and William J. Clinton, the forty-second. ----------------------- While both were impeached, neither Johnson nor Clinton were convicted.
Who was the only US President to be impeached?
There have been 2 Presidents Impeached in the U.S. history. The 17th president Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868 for violation of the Tenure in Office Act of 1867. However, the Senate was one vote short of convicting Johnson. The 42nd president Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 by the House for perjury and obstruction of justice. As with Johnson, the Senate could not come up with the two-thirds majority to convict Clinton. President Nixon was not impeached. While the House issued articles of impeachment for bribery, obstruction of justice, illegal wiretapping, and bribery Nixon resigned the Presidency before the House voted for impeachment. Most certainly had he not resigned he would have been impeached.
What presidents were impeached by the House?
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were the only presidents that were impeached by the House. Neither were removed from office, that is done through the senate. Nixon would have been impeached, however he resigned from office to avoid impeachment.
What a president have to do to get impeached and removed?
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
Was president Clinton impeached or not?
Could we rather tell the TRUTH about Bubba? The truth is that he was NOT impeached for having illicit relations with an intern IN THE OVAL OFFICE. Or any of the OTHER, ADDITIONAL affairs and trysts he had WHILE MARRIED. The articles of impeachment clearly stated that he was impeached for LYING TO CONGRESS. Like Nixon, if Bubba had simply admitted what happened, promised to take steps to make sure is never happened again, and OWNED their own behaviors, neither President would have faced impeachment.
Should congress have impeached former President Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky scandal?
This is a matter of opinion in many ways. Most Democrats and Clinton supporters would say no, while Republicans would likely say yes.
Who succeeds the President if he is impeached and convicted?
If the President is impeached and convicted, the Vice President would succeed him. The Vice President would then assume the role of President for the remainder of the term.
