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impeachment

Judicial procedure by which government officials are accused of wrongdoing and brought to trial before a legislative body. In the USA the House of Representatives may impeach offenders to be tried before the Senate, as in the case of President Andrew Johnson in 1868. Richard Nixon resigned the US presidency in 1974 when threatened by impeachment. President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial took place in 1999.
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