Understanding the impeachment process...

It is important, as the convictions and guilty pleas continue, to understand the nature of an impeachment.

Article I, Section 2, clause 5 of the Constitution states: "The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

Article I, Section 3, clause 6 states: "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present

The impeachment itself is actually a judgement by the House that there is enough evidence to bring the president or other high official to "trial" in front of the Senate."

This is a two part process that is limited to removal from office only (Art. 1, Sect. 3, Clause 7). Once the president goes the entire impeachment process and is removed from office, the Vice President assumes the duties of the president, as happened when Nixon resigned from office. (Art. II, Sect.1. Clause 6)

As we saw with the Nixon and Clinton impeachments this is a long and drawn-out process that could take years bringing us to and perhaps beyond the general election of 2020. If the president is re-elected, then the process continues. If not… well we have not had that happen yet, so it is unknown.

Will Trump be impeached? Not until the level of anger among the political right becomes unbearable.