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Originally Posted by headless ghost
Clinton was impeached.
didn't mean shit.
didn't do shit.
cost the country a lot of money.
a few writers wrote books about it a made big money.
whats your point?
impeachment does not remove a president from office.
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So that it's understood...
Clinton wasn't removed from office because he was acquitted of the charges by the Senate.
"Impeachment" is just the formal addressing of charges... kinda like an "Indictment" for us normal folk. There still has to be a trial - which, as outlined by the Constitution, the Senate conducts after the Impeachment is issued by the House.
If found guilty by the Senate, the President would then be removed from office. To date, no president has been removed from office by Senatorial trial.