Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power

[OfTheCross]

In all of the back and forth of the last few weeks I've come across this notion a lot.

Some people try to defend the President by saying that he hasn't committed any crimes.
Or, they'll ask, 'what crimes has he committed?'

But let's be clear here. Criminal behaviour/activity is not necessary for impeachment.

In practice, impeachment has never been limited to cases of perfidy alone. In its comprehensive 1974 report, “Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment,” the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry staff identified three categories of misconduct held to be impeachable offenses in American constitutional history: abuse of power, using one’s post for personal gain, and “behaving in a manner grossly incompatible with the proper function and purpose of the office.” The House has the power to impeach — and the Senate to remove — a federal officer whose conduct “seriously undermine(s) public confidence in his ability to perform his official functions.”32
cato