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Limited Government

Article II

Section 4

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Presidents and other US politicans constitutionally cannot engage in criminal activity and still hold office. For example, President Nixon was forced to resign in 1974 when he was found guilty of attempting to cover up the break-in of the Democratic National Committee and had illegally been recording conversations that had taken place in his office. As well as resigning from office, many of Nixon's top administrators were incarcerated.