Impeachment decoded: A look at how to remove a U.S. president

The Constitution assigns different but equally crucial roles to the 435-seat House of Representatives and 100-member Senate. The House acts as the accuser - voting on whether to bring specific charges - and the Senate then conducts a trial with House members acting as prosecutors and the individual senators serving as jurors. A two-thirds majority is required in the Senate to convict and remove.

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