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    The Founders Set an Extremely High Bar for Impeachment

    And that’s probably a good thing.
    by Margaret Taylor Jan 31, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Erin Scott / Reuters

    The statistics on impeachment are quite stark. Since 1789, 20 federal officials have been impeached by the House; only eight of them were convicted after a Senate trial. None of those, quite obviously, were presidents. And President Donald Trump is unlikely to be the first: In the face of a mountain of evidence regarding his conduct toward Ukraine and his blatant stonewalling of the House impeachment

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