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Impeachment

Congressalso called impeach, impeached, impeaching, articles of impeachment

The House's power to formally charge a federal official, such as the president or a judge, with misconduct by majority vote. The Senate then holds a trial, where a two-thirds vote is needed to convict and remove the official.

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