Impeachment in the United States is the process by which a legislature (usually in the form of the lower house) brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed, analogous to the bringing of an indictment by a grand jury.At the federal level, this is at the discretion of the House of Representatives.Most impeachments have concerned alleged crimes …
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