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impeach

[im-peech] / ɪmˈpitʃ /


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There have been calls, within his own party, to investigate and impeach the governor, who had been spoken of as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

Congress voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to impeach Jeri, who was serving as interim president after massive protests last year ousted Boluarte, Peru's first woman leader who served for only 22 months.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

Peru's Congress has voted to impeach interim President José Jerí just four months into his term for failing to disclose meetings with Chinese businessmen.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

Russo told reporters he was going to turn his attention to the effort to impeach President Nixon.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

If a majority of the Assembly impeaches her, she is sidelined indefinitely, even if the state Senate doesn’t convict her.

From Slate Sep. 21, 2023

This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2022

The House of Representatives impeaches the president by bringing formal charges against the president, and the Senate tries the case in a proceeding overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

From Textbooks Jul. 28, 2021

Roberts also would preside over any Senate trial of Trump, if the House impeaches the president.

From Seattle Times Oct. 5, 2019

Besides, we cannot treat a man as under impeachment whom nobody impeaches, and whom, by your own confession, the soldiers love.

From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey

They swept to victory last June, after the disgraced former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached for a bizarre six-hour attempt to declare martial law.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

“The news reports following Xavier’s death impeached his character,” Aaron says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

The next year, he was impeached by the Texas House.

From Salon May 23, 2026

He was impeached on 14 December, and on 3 January – after confining himself inside the presidential residence for two-and-a-half weeks – arrested.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

There were certain points in certain years—say from 1996 to 2002—when Angela Whitiker didn’t yet know that Tupac Shakur had been killed or that President Bill Clinton had been impeached.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

From resisting foreign invasions during the monarchy to championing pro-democracy movements and impeaching scandal-ridden President Park Geun-hye in 2017, vigilant citizens have held politicians accountable and strengthened the nation’s political system.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2024

Mr. McCarthy has not previously referred in public to impeaching Mr. Biden.

From Washington Times Jul. 24, 2023

“We’re supposed to impeach on high crimes and misdemeanors,” said Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska and a moderate who previously stated he opposed impeaching Mr. Mayorkas over a policy disagreement.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2023

How would impeaching a Supreme Court justice actually work?

From Slate May 8, 2023

Supreme Court has long required that the prosecution disclose to the defendant anything that is exculpatory or that may be helpful to the defendant in impeaching a witness.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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