Impeachment in the U.S.

What is impeachment?
Impeachment is a procedure for judicial prosecution, including criminal, of persons of municipal or state execution, officials, with their possible subsequent removal from office.

History

• The concept arose in England in the XIV century as a weapon against the arbitrariness of the royal favorites: then the House of Commons arrogated to itself the right to bring the royal ministers to the court of the House of Lords, whereas before this right belonged only to the king.

Throughout the history of the United States, three presidents were presented to impeachment by the House of Representatives, but later acquitted by the Senate.

The first impeachment case in American history occurred in 1797, when a Senator from Tennessee, William Blount, was accused of collusion with the British.

1) Andrew Johnson in 1868

2)Bill Clinton in 1998-1999
(case of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the story of Monica Lewinsky

3)Donald Trump in 2019-2020

Three and a half?

• In all three cases, the presidents were acquitted and retained their positions.
• In 1974, President Richard Nixon, who was also impeached in the Watergate case by the House of Representatives, resigned before the Senate could consider the issue.

application

• Also, impeachment was applied several times to lower-level officials and judges.
• In the United States, state legislatures can impeach officials of these states (for example, in 2009, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was removed from office on charges of bribery).

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