Anything But Politics

Episode Notes [00:00] [Intro Music] [00:09] Jimmy: Hello! Welcome back to NBN Politics. This year we’re changing it up and giving you only the essentials. For those of you that don’t want to scroll through 1,000 Google pages on the latest political news, we’re here to give you the SparkNotes version.  [00:25] I’m Jimmy. [00:27] Ali: And I’m Ali. [00:28] Jimmy: And we’re your co-hosts. This week we are tackling the SECOND impeachment of Donald Trump. Yep, there’s two. So what exactly is impeachment? [00:36] Ali: Well, impeachment in the constitution is actually really simple. If the president commits a high crime or misdemeanor, then the House has a huge vote to impeach, and then the Senate does a trial.  [00:45] Now, the House only has power of impeachment. That means everyone in the House of Representatives votes on the Articles of Impeachment, and the trial gets passed onto the Senate, which can convict the president.  [00:57] Impeachment has been used really rarely in the past and no president has ever bee