Subj : Re: Threat to Democracy
To   : Mike Powell
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Aug 13 2024 10:54:18

>> >> An impeachment is to remove someone from office.

>> > No it is not.

>> Yes it is.

> You need to brush up.  Andrew Jackson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
> (twice) were *all* impeached. *None* of them were removed from office.

The purpose of impeachment is to remove someone from office. The senate determines the outcome of impeachment.

> Maybe in Canada it is all one thing, but in the United States, impeachment
> does not automatically = removal from office.

I am not saying that impeachment = removal from office.

> You *seem* to understand, in other converstations, that Donald Trump was
> impeached, and twice at that.  If your definition is correct, he would have
> been removed from office.  Since Trump remained in office, your definition of
> impeachment is proven not to be correct.

Impeacment is not a criminal proceeding. Someone may be impeached and removed from office or not. If crimes have been committed there may be criminal proceedings that are not part of impeachment.

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