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LudwigPastorius

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10. "Is impeachment still a viable thing?"
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:15 PM
14 hrs ago

Not while Republicans control the House Judiciary Committee.

Jim Jordan is the committee chair, and he won't allow articles of impeachment to even be considered by the committee.

While, in theory, an officer can be impeached by vote of the full House after articles are introduced as a privileged motion, thus bypassing the committee, such an attempt has only worked once in 250 years. (William Belknap, Secretary of War in 1876...he was acquitted in the Senate)

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