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shoresoftheshadowlands:

girliegirltm:

Hey y’all, I would love for this to be true but this is false information. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/treason-impeachment-removal/

“More important is that the wording of Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution has been misrepresented here. It actually reads as follows:

“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

This passage merely sets out that the process for removing a President, Vice President, or other high civil officer from government office is through their being impeached and convicted of crimes, including offenses such as treason or bribery.

Section 4 of Article II does not state — or mean — that if any President, Vice President, or other civil officer is impeached (with or without subsequent conviction), all such persons are also removed from office. The procedure for impeachment and potential removal from office would apply only to the persons specifically named in the articles of impeachment passed by the House.”

TLDR: that is a real excerpt from the constitution, but it’s being misinterpreted. It means that impeachment is the method necessary to remove any listed officer from their office; in other words, any of them can be impeached and removed, but only for their own specific offenses, and not those committed by others in office with or around them. impeachment of one does not affect the others.