The tape had nothing to do with him or the impeachment motion, he declared.

If upheld, the annulment could result in the impeachment motion returning to the lower house for a new vote.

The impeachment motion also accused him of perjury, nepotism, and failing to act as supreme arbiter of disputes, and it cited his ill-health.

And yet the impeachment process was not reserved for those who had committed a clear criminal act.

Some observers fear that the impeachment process could draw military intervention.

Even the military tacitly approved the resignation, anxious to prevent an undignified impeachment process.

But there was much evidence at the time that the president hoped to preempt the impeachment process, or influence its outcome, through strategically employing the language of repentance.

The removal or impeachment process varies depending on the nation and their specific form of government.

But how did the president celebrate his acquittal in his impeachment trial?

During an impeachment trial, senators are constitutionally required to sit on oath or affirmation.

He says he wants the impeachment trial to continue, stressing that only a guilty verdict will remove him from office.

Additional phone recordings played during the impeachment trial revealed further criminal activities allegedly committed by the governor.

The secretary of state may be removed from office through an impeachment trial.