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Articles of impeachment

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an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case.
See under Article.

See also: Article Impeachment


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However, because the Administration has failed to respond to requests for information about these charges, it is not yet possible to conclude that an impeachment inquiry or articles of impeachment are warranted.
In the waning hours of the lame duck 105th Congress, the House voted articles of impeachment against the sitting president, which required that the Senate hold a trial to decide whether to remove the president from office.
And finally on Friday the judgment of the Senate was reached: Not guilty on the two articles of impeachment growing out of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
 
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