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by CyberDildonics
512 days ago
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https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-americans-have-been-i... "The most recent was the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump." "What does impeachment mean? Impeachment means charging a public official with misconduct. Like in the justice system, charges alone do not lead to consequences. Instead, there is a trial, during which the official is convicted or acquitted." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impeachment_investigat... While there have been demands for the impeachment of most presidents, only three — Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1999 and Donald Trump in 2019— have actually been impeached. A second impeachment of Donald Trump was adopted, making him the first US President to be impeached twice. |
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I reiterate that "impeached" means to be convicted of charges levied in (an) article(s) of impeachment.
Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1[1] of the Constitution (also cited in your links) states (emphasis mine):
>[The President] shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
For there to even be a question of a presidential pardon applying to impeachments that necessitated such a clause, being impeached implies being convicted. The Justice Department considers pardons without convictions as "highly unusual"[2].
I thus reiterate: There has never been an impeached President to date, and the use of the term "impeached" to mean a President merely tried for impeachment is very misleading. Again, you don't call someone merely tried for (let alone acquitted of) murder a murderer.
Disclaimer: IANAL.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_Stat...
[2]: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions