As another reply said, the President cannot be impeached once he's out of office, but congressmen are convicted of crimes relatively regularly and receive the s

As another reply said, the President cannot be impeached once he's out of office, but congressmen are convicted of crimes relatively regularly and receive the same treatment, e.g.: "Ex-Rep. Jefferson (D-La.) gets 13 years in freezer cash case" by the Washington Post [1] "Ex-Congressman Gets 8-Year Term in Bribery Case" by the New York Times [2] Each of these convictions related to things that happened while they were still Members of Congress. I'm quite happy that news outlets treat government officials the same way they'd treat a baseball player -- to do otherwise would just be a different form of "propaganda." 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111301266.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11... 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/politics/04cunningham.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/politics/04cunningham.html