[Robert DeLong]

No, the House votes to impeach (think of impeachment as the charges filed in a criminal case). The Senate then hears the case and votes to convict or acquit. In other words, the Senate acts like the court trial after the arrest and indictment.

President Trump has become the 3rd President to be impeached. That being said, this was all done on partisan lines and is clearly viewed as being nothing more than a political impeachment. Which is why most people are not the least bit interested.

[bennowens]

Try fourth president to be impeached: Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, Trump.

[Hostage]

The vote for impeachment is the indictment phase.

The Senate phase is the trial.

The process of impeachment is made up of both phases, indictment and trial.

What people are confusing is indictment with conviction.

One can be indicted but that indictment is nothing without conviction.

It would be as if one of your enemies screaming “you were arrested!” and you responded “I was acquitted, therefore the arrest was a false arrest of no consequence.”

Your enemies might continue “people have shown you are GUILTY!” to which you respond, “no, they didn’t show I was guilty.”

And unless your enemies are stopped, they will wail that you are guilty and the majority determined you were guilty.

And you and your supporters will continue to speak the truth that you are not guilty, rather you were preserved innocent.