What is Impeachment?
{{nosources|date=March 2017}} '''Impeachment''' is a way to remove [[government]] officers from office in some countries. Impeachment in the [[United States]] is how the [[House of Representatives]] brings charges against either the [[President]], the [[Vice President]], or any [[Federal government of the United States|federal officer]] for [[misconduct|wrongdoings]] they are said to have committed. Most impeachments in the United States have been of [[judge]]s. Impeachment is like an [[indictment]], which is something that the [[prosecutor]] needs to get before a [[trial]]. Someone is impeached when a [[legislature]] votes to do that. Later, there is another vote on whether or not to [[convict]] someone, which means they are made [[Guilt (law)|guilty]]. The second vote may be by the same people who did the impeachment, or someone else as in a [[bicameral]] legislature. Several different types of office holders may be impeached, but cases against the [[President]] or leader of a country usually attract the most attention. The impeachment trial of [[Warren Hastings]], Governor-General of the Calcutta Presidency, lasted for years and ended in his acquittal. Two well-known [[Head of state|heads of state]] who were impeached and removed from office were [[Brazil]]ian president [[Dilma Rousseff]] in 2016 and [[South Korea]]n president [[Park Geun-hye]] in 2017. Three [[President of the United States]] were impeached: [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Donald Trump]]. Trump was officially impeached twice by the house of representatives. None of these was removed from office by impeachment. President [[Richard Nixon]] [[Resignation|resigned]] from the office of President before the House could impeach him, resulting in him being the only U.S. president to resign. == Related pages == * List of [[:en:Category:Impeached officials removed from office|Category:Impeached officials removed from office]] {{Politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics]] [[Category:Impeachment| ]]