re: Andrew Weissmann's intentional ignorance on checks and balances.

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So congress cannot impeach and remove the executive for high crimes and misdemeanors?

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They can, but that has no relationship to a criminal proceeding.

The criminal proceeding can be brought before, during, and after that political proceeding. The result of the political proceeding has no impact on the criminal proceeding, as the Constitution clearly discusses.