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'Impeachable': Explosive report on Trump's massive crypto 'scandal' stuns observers (www.rawstory.com)
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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We need to get past this, everyone means convicted not just impeached.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Think you mean removed. The house votes to impeach and the Senate votes to remove after impeachment passes.

His felony convictions are a separate matter that he will never have consequences for.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Your confusion is exactly what I'm talking about.

There are two steps when removing the president:

  1. Congress can vote to impeach, with simple majority
  2. Senate holds an impeachment trial. They need 2/3s vote to find the president guilty of the charges (convict the president).

What everyone gets confused by is that twice congress found enough evidence to open a trial to remove Trump, but he was never convicted by the Senate/found guilty.

Here's an article that talks more about it - https://constitutionus.com/constitution/what-are-the-steps-of-the-impeachment-process/