• DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    No one really understands (or cares) what impeachment means, myself included.

    There was a big noise about it for Trump, and he was somehow tarnished by it but ultimately nothing happened.

    They can manufacture the same stink on biden without actually impeaching him.

    • saruwatarikooji@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Impeachment is saying and “proving” someone is guilty of a thing.

      The problem is, it’s entirely separate from the consequences… You can be impeached and also suffer nothing except for the knowledge that you are publicly guilty of what you did.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        Impeachment is saying and “proving” someone is guilty of a thing.

        It’s more like an indictment of sorts. An investigation was done and it seems that a crime has been committed. It begins a trial in the Senate that determines whether it warrants punishment.