Just so we’re all clear, impeachment is mentioned 6 times in the Constitution.
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 5
House has the power to impeach
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 6
Senate tries impeachment
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 7
Judgment in Cases of impeachment just means removal from office
Article 2 Section 2 Clause 1
President has Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Article 2 Section 4
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.
Article 3 Section 2 Clause 3
Trial by jury except in cases of impeachment
The definition of impeachment I think we can agree as follows - a formal accusation of wrongdoing. I believe what the real question in everyone’s mind is the definition of “formal”.
To me formal means evidence of a specific crime. For Clinton it was PERJURY. They should have just stuck with one article - "orange man bad" . That's what their 2 bogus articles boil down to.