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| pc: wikipedia |
The impeachment of a sitting US President is a 2-step process:
Step 1: Formal charges are brought by the US House of Representatives. It must be by simple majority for charges to stick.
Examples of impeachable offences, per wikipedia, are "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" (as defined by Congress).
Step 2: After formal articles of impeachment, the US Senate will hold a trial, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (currently, the Honorable John Roberts) presides. To convict the POTUS and remove him from office, 2/3 majority of the Senators must vote and say Yes/Okay.
The problem of numbers glares at you from the get-go. President Trump's current tenure has both the House and Senate under Republican control. Mr Trump's removal from office via impeachment -- even when you consider the few RINOs in cahoots with the Democrats -- looks unlikely to succeed:
Want proof?
(a) "Case in point was President Bill Clinton . Everyone knows that he lied under oath regarding his affair with Monica Lewinsky. He was impeached in Congress by a simple majority vote. However, for the impeachment to hold, it needed 67% of the Senators. With the Democrats in control of the Senate at that time, that did not happen".
(b) "The other case was President Barack Hussein Obama II. The Republicans during his second term controlled both Houses of Congress. Many Republicans loathed Mr Obama and yet they could not impeach him because of this 67% rule". -- WP
If the Democrats still manage to succeed and impeach President Trump, they need to know and consider the chart below:
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| pc: The Federalist Papers |
links:
Why Impeaching is a Total Fail for Dems
What are RINOs?
