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Numerous federal officials in the United States have been threatened with impeachment and removal from office. [1] Despite numerous impeachment investigations and votes to impeach a number of presidents by the House of Representatives, only three presidents in U.S. history have had articles of impeachment approved: Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump (twice), all of which were ...
Federal courts, however, have ruled very little on how executive privilege relates to conventional congressional investigations or impeachment inquiries. [1] The Supreme Court of the United States has never addressed the application of executive privilege to materials being sought for an impeachment investigation. [1]
Impeachment resolution rejected by the United States House of Representatives 57–108. [76] [77] Johnson later separately impeached in February 1868, but acquitted in impeachment trial. James Buchanan United States: President: June 16, 1860 Committee found that nothing had been done to warrant impeachment. [78] John Tyler United States: President
[37] [38] H.Res. 803, passed February 6, authorized a Judiciary Committee investigation, [39] and in July, that committee approved three articles of impeachment. Before the House took action, the impeachment proceedings against Nixon were made moot when Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.
Impeachment Preventing, obstructing, and impeding the administration of justice during a federal investigation, including by dismissing FBI Director James Comey Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 3, 2019; referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on February 4, 2019 [3] [10] [11]
Members of the House of Representatives vote on the articles of impeachment for the first impeachment of Donald Trump. In the United States, federal impeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives charges the president, vice president, or another civil federal officer for alleged misconduct.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to end the impeachment investigation against Judge Watson on September 20, 1945, and he went on to serve until his death in the 1950s. This would be the last serious impeachment investigation for nearly a quarter-century. [citation needed]
Presidential impeachment in the United States (5 C, 10 P) Pages in category "United States federal impeachment" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.