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Disclaimer: IANAL. I reiterate that "impeached" means to be convicted of charges levied in (an) article(s) of impeachment. Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1[1] o
by Dalewyn 2y ago
Disclaimer: IANAL.
I reiterate that "impeached" means to be convicted of charges levied in (an) article(s) of impeachment.
Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1[1] of the Constitution (also cited in your links) states (emphasis mine):
>[The President] shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
For there to even be a question of a presidential pardon applying to impeachments that necessitated such a clause, being impeached implies being convicted. The Justice Department considers pardons without convictions as "highly unusual"[2].
I thus reiterate: There has never been an impeached President to date, and the use of the term "impeached" to mean a President merely tried for impeachment is very misleading. Again, you don't call someone merely tried for (let alone acquitted of) murder a murderer.
Disclaimer: IANAL.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_2:_Presidential_powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_Stat...
[2]: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions
- CyberDildonics 2y agoYou can repeat yourself all you want and link irrelevant information about pardons, but you aren't going to change reality. What are you even trying to argue or prove? The library of congress states that he was impeached. https://guides.loc.gov/federal-impeachment/donald-trump https://guides.loc.gov/federal-impeachment/donald-trump President Donald Trump is the only United States federal official to have been impeached twice. https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-vote-capitol-siege-0a6f2a348a6e43f27d5e1dc486027860 https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-vote-capitol-si... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/majority-of-house-members-vote-for-2nd-impeachment-of-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/majority-of-house-memb... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55656385 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55656385 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-poised-impeach-trump-second-time-incitement-insurrection-n1254051 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-poised-impea... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Tr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_T...
- Dalewyn 2y ago>What are you even trying to argue or prove? That the term as-used by most people is misleading.