WOULD BE IMPEACHED, BUT THE MOMENT HAS DEEP HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANT
SIGNIFICANT.
SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT. EVEN IN THE INFANCY OF
OUR NATION THERE WAS A
PALPABLE FEAR OF AHN
UNCHECKED CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.
SO NEARLY 230 YEARS
AGO, WHEN THE FRAMERS
GATHERED IN
PHILADELPHIA TO SIGN
THE CONSTITUTION, THEY
FOUND IT NECESSARY TO
INCLUDE ARTICLE 2,
SECTION 4,
IMPEACHMENT, A
MECHANIC TISM TO
REMOVE A PRESIDENT FOR
TREASON, BRIBERY OR
OTHER HIGH CRIMES OR
MISDEMEANORS.
FEARING A RETURN TO
THE MONARCHY STYLE OF
GOVERNMENT.
>> THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THE PRESIDENT DID
NOT GROWN INTO A KING
OR DICTATOR.
THEY WANTED TO MAY
SURE THERE WAS
SOMETHING IN THE
CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW
CONGRESS FROM MAKING
THAT HAPPEN.
>> IMPEACHMENT, A MISH
YOU ARE SO SEVERE,
IT’S ONLY HAPPENED TWO
TIMES BEFORE.
ANDREW JOHNSON WAS
IMPEACHED IN THE
HOUSE, BUT LATER
ACQUITTED BY A SINGLE
VOTE IN THE SENATE FOR
TRYING TO REMOVE HIS
SECRETARY OF WAR
WITHOUT HE
CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL.
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. >>> THE 37th PRESIDENT
NIXON RESIGNED, FACING
NEAR CERTAINLY REMOVAL
FROM OFFICE,
CONFRONTED WITH THREE
CHARGES STEMMING FROM
THE BREAK-IN AT DNC
HEADQUARTERS AT THE
WATERGATE.
>>> I DID NOT HAVE
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH
THAT WOMAN, MS.
LEWINSKY.
>> BILL CLINTON WAS
IMPEACHED FOR LYING TO
A GRAND JURY ABOUT HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH
MONICA LEWINSKY.
WITHOUT A TWO THIRDS
MAJORITY TO REMOVE
HIM, PRESIDENT CLINTON
WAS ACQUITTED IN THE
SENATE.
THE IMPEACHMENT OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP COMES
AT A TIME WHEN
WASHINGTON AND INDEED
OUR NATION, IS DEALLY
POLARIZED, A MOMENT
SURE TO DEFINE A
TURBULENT ERA.
>> ULTIMATELY THE
CONDITION HAS COME OUT
OF THESE MOMENTS OF
FIRE AND DIVISION
STRONGER.
THE GREAT QUESTION FOR
US, IS WILL WE COME