Paddy also gives odds on the chances of Melania leaving her husband in 2017 (16-1), whether Trump will convert to Islam (50-1) or Scientology (25-1), and if former Vice President Joe Biden will punch the current president in the face by year’s end (100-1).<\/p>\n
Regardless of the frenzy behind some of the public’s vehemence toward President Trump, the odds are against any of the aforementioned events actually happening. Not only does the GOP control Congress until at least 2018, but it’s also hazy as to whether the president has committed an impeachable offense in any way.<\/p>\n
\nThe US Constitution says the only grounds for impeachment are “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,” which is vague at best. Strong critics on the left argue Trump’s firing of Comey constitutes an impeachable wrongdoing. Many\u00a0on the right say otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It’s also worth noting that impeachment, at its core, is purely political. Criminal acts are prosecuted by the federal court system, not Congress.<\/p>\n
Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents in history to be successfully impeached by the House of Representatives, but both were acquitted in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump’s odds of becoming the United States’ first commander-in-chief to be removed from the White House via impeachment are still relatively long, but overseas sports books and online prediction markets are\u00a0slowly\u00a0reducing\u00a0their\u00a0odds on that remote possibility. Fresh off Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, bettors are beginning to put wagers on the still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
President Donald Trump Impeachment Odds, Once 'Yuge,' Shortened Bigly<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n