Donald Trump’s Presidency Predicted: ‘Prediction Professor’ Says Impeachment Is On The Way. What Will Happen?
President-Elect Donald J. Trump has not taken oath as US President or even confirmed by the process of Electoral College but his prediction is troubling. Will America see another Impeachment Trial for the fourth time?
On CNN News, "There's a very good chance that Donald Trump could face impeachment," Allan Lichtman said on "Erin Burnett OutFront." Lichtman is a "Prediction" Professor and has been accurate in every presidential election since 1984. He predicted Trump's victory.
He further said that a number of alleged impeachable offenses Trump will raise because of previous cases. Burnett pushed back by saying that those allegations remained vague and impeachment is far from possible. Lichtman just said that Republican will choose a conservative of their kind and would no longer support Trump in the years to come.
On About News, it says among those Presidents who went to trial was Presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868 for defying the Tenure of Office Act of 1867 when he removed Edwin M. Stanton then Secretary of War. His acquittal was one short vote of the Senate to obtain two-thirds of their member.
President Richard Nixon 1974 there were three articles of impeachment charge against him. This was due to his cover-up of burglary and other behavior that breached the trust of the people. This was the popular "Watergate Scandal". Nixon resigned before reading of the verdict.
One of perjury and one of obstruction of justice cited to the Bill Clinton's Impeachment on 1998. There were also leading facts of his sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky that he confirmed later August of 1998.
In counting, the United States already had 44 President and only three of them went on a trial for impeachment. "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" in Article 2 Section 4 is the grounds of Impeachment based on the US Constitution.
InfoPlease explained that impeaching a public official might need a formal impeachment or accusation from the US House of Representative that only requires majority votes. A trial in the US Senate will start and must require two-thirds of its members to vote.
