If the Congress impeaches a President on falsified charges is the President obligated to go? If he refused, claiming Congressional illegitimacy, how would Congress physically remove him? It’s similar to the battle Jackson had with the Supreme Court. In a 3 co-equal branches of government system like ours I see the Court siding with the Congress in a “rule of law” opinion despite the Special Counsel issue. But I could be wrong, they could find the whole Special Counsel law unconstitutional since the Congress has declined to do their duty, shifting it to the Attorney General to do. Which is strange given the AG is in the Executive Branch. Hopefully it doesn’t come down to answering these issues.
Clinton was impeached, and he didn’t leave.