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Recent Examples of impeachment
Regardless of which party is calling for the impeachment of judges, the outcome is unlikely to result in a conviction by the Senate.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
That led to impeachment hearings.
—Juan Williams, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Conway used to run in the same circles as Ann Coulter and Matt Drudge, dated Laura Ingraham, and represented Paula Jones in her case against Clinton that eventually got entangled with the 42nd President’s impeachment.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
The 2019 impeachment involved two articles relating to abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Republican senators including Lindsey Graham publicly rebuked him; then–Minority Leader Mitch McConnell privately expressed support for his impeachment, according to some reports.
—Zach Fisch, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Dugan's resignation means impeachment proceedings will not begin.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 5 Jan. 2026
But unfortunately, there is also still plenty of time for the Democrats to take back the House and even the Senate and start impeachment hearings early in 2027.
—Frank Miele, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Roberts weighed in at one point, issuing a rare rebuke after Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who had ruled against him in a case over the deportation of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeachment
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Arechiga did not enter a plea at his arraignment Monday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana.—
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The plea was entered on his behalf during his arraignment in Alamosa County, Colorado on Monday.—
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The shooting inflamed tensions a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, prompting protests and condemnation from state and city officials there.—
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Elon Musk’s xAI has restricted its AI chatbot Grok’s image generation capabilities to paying subscribers only, following widespread condemnation over its use to create non-consensual sexualized images of real women and children.—
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Hegseth’s recent censure of Kelly accuses him of Conduct Unbecoming An Officer and Violating Good Order And Discipline (less serious parts of the UCMJ and more open to interpretation).—
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Hegseth this week backed off that losing proposition and instead issued a censure for Kelly and started a process to demote him in retirement, which would reduce his pension.—
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Condemnations Some South American leaders offered some of the strongest and swiftest denunciations, alongside Iran and Russia.—
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In addition to Murton's denunciations of conditions at Cummins and Tucker, his book explores the woefully inadequate women's prison, located on the same grounds as Cummins.—
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“Impeachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeachment. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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