CLAIM: President Joe Biden was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in June 2023. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Biden has not been impeached.
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PolitiFact→ Viral image – President Joe Biden wasn’t impeached
“Biden is impeached!!! Finally! For high crimes and misdemeanors.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t discard millions of mail ballots
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t announce that his predecessor ‘will be impeached’
Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announcing U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “will be impeached.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff isn’t being impeached
"Adam Schiff will be impeached.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video doesn’t show senator telling Mayorkas he would be impeached
Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Nancy Pelosi is not being impeached
“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jordan didn’t say Schiff is finally being impeached
Jim Jordan said, “It’s finally happening! Adam Schiff will be impeached.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Joe Biden isn’t in the process of being impeached
“Biden impeachment in progress.”
Snopes→ South Dakota Attorney General Impeached over Fatal Crash
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, a Republican, is the first official to be impeached in South Dakota history.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Our President HAS Been Officially Impeached. Twice. — Video Misstates Constitutional Process
Has President Donald Trump officially never been impeached because the United States Senate hasn't convicted him? No, that's not true: The U. S. Constitution gives the House of Representatives sole power of impeachment and the Senate sole
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Jr. Tweet That Being Impeached Was ‘Deplorable’?
Shifting political tides often make previous public statements seem embarrassing in retrospect.
Snopes→ Trump Impeached After Capitol Riot in Historic Second Charge
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Would NOT Lose Lifetime Benefits If Impeached — He’d Also Have To Be Convicted And Removed
Would President Donald Trump lose lifetime benefits if impeached? No, that's not true: To lose such benefits, he'd also have to be convicted and removed from office. Impeachment is a process. The House of Representatives first votes on ar
Snopes→ Does an Impeached US President Lose Benefits?
Being removed from office is not the only potential consequence of impeachment.
Snopes→ Was Trump First US President To Lose Popular Vote, Get Impeached, Then Lose Reelection?
The 45th president made history, both good and bad, in the 2020 election.
Logically→ Biden: Trump is the only president, to be impeached and then have a member of his own party vote to expel him, which emboldened him.
During Trump's impeachment trial, Senator Mitt Romney became the first senator in US history to vote to remove the president of his own party.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Say: ‘Legally, An Impeached President Can’t Appoint Judges’
Did Barack Obama say, "Legally, an impeached president can't appoint judges"? No, that's not true. The satire website Obamawatcher.com published the fake article claiming that the former president gave a legal argument for why President D
Snopes→ No, Obama Didn’t Say an Impeached President Can’t Appoint Judges
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Blagojevich: House Democrats Would’ve Impeached Lincoln, Too
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued in a column that fellow Democrats in the U.S. House who impeached President Donald Trump also would have tried to remove Abraham Lincoln.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Trump Not Really Impeached?
United States President Donald Trump and his Republican Party allies could seize on an op-ed by a Harvard University law professor in order to change the definition of impeachment to suit his purposes. The House of Representatives voted on December 18
Snopes→ Was Trump Impeached With More Votes Than Any Other U.S. President?
While this is technically true, it's missing some important context.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Do You Know What’s Deplorable? Being Impeached’ Tweet
On December 18 2019, United States President Donald Trump was impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives; that night and the following day, screenshots and quotations of a tweet purportedly from his son Donald Trump Jr. to then-presidenti
Snopes→ Putin Says Trump Was Impeached for ‘Far-Fetched’ Reasons
“The party that lost the (2016) election, the Democratic Party, is trying to achieve results by other means,” Putin said at his annual news conference in Moscow.
Snopes→ Trump Impeached on Charges of Abuse of Power, Obstruction
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Washington Post→ Can former presidents be impeached?
The claim may sound absurd, but it's the subject of real debate among impeachment scholars.
PolitiFact→ Should Trump be impeached? What law professors said at the House hearing
In between references to 18th century legal dictionaries, four law professors called by the House Judiciary Committee tangled politely over whether President Donald Trump had committed impeachable offenses. The three witnesses called by Democrats expre
PolitiFact→ Could Donald Trump be impeached, removed and run for re-election? It’s possible
Could President Donald Trump be impeached, removed from office and then run again for president in 2020? A reader recently asked us this question, and we were intrigued. The short answer, we found, is that Trump probably could run again, as long a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: If Donald Trump Is Impeached, Mike Pence Could NOT Make Trump President Again By Making Him Vice President And Then Resigning
If Donald Trump is impeached and Vice President Pence becomes president, could Pence name Trump as his vice president, then resign, making Trump president again and then Trump could make Pence vice president again? No, that's not true: It is a
Snopes→ Was U.S. President Andrew Johnson Impeached in 3 Days?
In 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first president in United States history to be impeached.
Snopes→ Did Monica Lewinsky Offer to ‘Take One For (the) Team’ to Get Trump Impeached?
A crude joke spread quickly online in the wake of an impeachment inquiry into the U.S. president.
Truth or Fiction?→ Would Trump Get to ‘Run Two More Times’ If He Is Not Impeached?
While he himself debunked the claim within hours, several readers contacted us asking if a scenario posted by disinformation purveyor and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec on October 1, 2019 was plausible. “These Democrats don’t realize th
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Trump Is Now Trying To Get Mike Pence Impeached’ Claim
On September 25 2019, Politicus USA published an article headlined, “Trump Is Now Trying To Get Mike Pence Impeached,” claiming in part: During a press conference, Trump said that if he is going to be investigated, Vice President Pence’s
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Say the Sitting President Should Be Impeached If the Dow Jones Loses 1,000 Points in Two Days?
A viral October 2018 tweet has all the hallmarks of a fake.
Snopes→ Did President Trump Say “Everybody Would Be Very Poor” If He Were Impeached?
The chief executive asserted that if the country were deprived of his thinking, markets would crash and everyone would be poor as a result.
Snopes→ Could an Impeached President Be Pardoned and Regain Office?
A meme posits a highly improbable, if not absolutely impossible, scenario under which an impeached President Trump could regain the White House.
Snopes→ If the President Is Impeached for Treason, Is Everyone Else Removed from Office as Well?
Some confusion over the meaning and process of impeachment resulted in the spread of false information about the potential results of treason charges against a U.S. president.
Snopes→ Did Newsweek Report That Trump Will Be Impeached and Replaced by Hillary Clinton?
The news magazine offered a law professor's hypothetical musings, not a report about President Trump's being removed and replaced by his opponent.
FactCheck.org→ San Juan Mayor Wasn’t Impeached
Q: Has Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, been impeached? A: No. That claim was made by a self-described “satirical publication.” FULL ANSWER San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who has had a public feud with Presiden
Washington Post→ Nancy Pelosi’s claim that Bill Clinton was impeached for ‘something so far less’ than Jeff Sessions
“I remind you that this Congress impeached a president for something so far less, having nothing to do with his duties as president of the United States.” — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), news conference, March