新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️] to US NewsEnglish · 10 months agoHouse speaker Kevin McCarthy announces impeachment inquiry into Joe Bidenwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkHouse speaker Kevin McCarthy announces impeachment inquiry into Joe Bidenwww.theguardian.com新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️] to US NewsEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
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minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months ago I don’t think you can impeach someone out of office You can actually, but the Senate has to confirm it in a ⅔ vote, and even the Senate Republicans aren’t interested.
minus-squareMsPenguinette@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoOP meant “someone who is no longer in office” not “impeach someone and remove them from office”
minus-square新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoThe House has impeached previously after resignation and the Senate voted that it had jurisdiction to try that impeachment.
You can actually, but the Senate has to confirm it in a ⅔ vote, and even the Senate Republicans aren’t interested.
OP meant “someone who is no longer in office” not “impeach someone and remove them from office”
The House has impeached previously after resignation and the Senate voted that it had jurisdiction to try that impeachment.