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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Can someone with a better understanding of US politics explain what is going on right now with the impeachment vote? Can they actually remove him today?
Does any of this mean anything, or is it all just grandstanding?
I may have mis-heard while typing out emails, but I'm watching it on CNN and it sounds like they are trying to charge him with treason?
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They can't remove him today. They can impeach him in the house today, and they will, but that doesn't remove him.
Removal from office needs to be confirmed by a vote in the senate. This likely won't happen in the time before Jan 20th.
Last go around he was impeached in the house, but the senate wouldn't confirm his removal, so he was impeached but still continued as president.
If the senate confirms this time, although it won't happen in time to remove him from office it will make him ineligible to run for presidency in future.