What crimes can trigger impeachment of the president?

When can the president be impeached and for what crimes? What actions can trigger impeachment under the U.S. Constitution?

With the controversy surrounding the Ukraine whistleblower and the active impeachment inquiry in congress, we go back to the basics on federal impeachment. In this brief, Judge Andrew Napolitano breaks down the rules governing federal impeachment in the Constitution and shares informative historical examples of presidents and judges who faced impeachment.

 

  Judge Andrew Napolitano is a constitutional law professor, an author, and the senior judicial analyst at Fox News.