In a summary of what the US government website says, the Impeachment process can be very hard, because of the 5 steps. To begin, the House of Representatives must bring charges of impeachment to the official they are trying to impeach.  Secondly, if the House agrees by a simple majority vote, that person has been impeached. Following that, the Senate holds a trial. If the official is the president, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice presides. Lastly, they must decide whether he or she is guilty or not guilty. If he or she is guilty, he will be removed from office and future elections. If he or she is not guilty, they will continue their role. This process can be very long and hard because there are so many steps and you have to prove the evidence against the victim. 

In history, there have been 21 total impeachments. A recent impeachment was directed against Donald Trump, who was the U.S.’s 45th president. He was impeached twice during his time in office. In 2019, the House of Representatives brought two articles of information to impeach him. The first article was his “Abuse of Power.” He did this by convincing the Ukrainian government to release information that would greatly help him in the next election. The second article was “Obstruction of Congress.” According to HSDL, it states, “The second impeachment for incitement of insurrection came in the wake of January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, for which President Trump was accused of encouraging protestors to commit acts of violence.” That particular impeachment was one of the most recent/important one. The importance of that incident reassures us that even our president was being punished for his problems.

Social media has created a lot of problems, but it hasn’t always been an issue for this topic. CSUF News states, “we are in a completely different media world today than we were when President Nixon faced the Watergate scandal in the 1970’s, and even when President Clinton faced impeachment in the 1990’s”, says Shepard, chair, and professor of communications. That is very important because impeachments that took place on the presidents in the past were in a completely different technological world. Now, anytime something huge or small happens, everyone finds out in a matter of minutes. This isn’t always a good thing because people all over the world take the little things too far, and sometimes make things up. While that is going on, we are missing out on the serious things that are taking place. Although social media can be negative, the topic can also be extremely positive. As mentioned by CSUF, “the undeniable evidence that the president had been engaged in covering up a crime caused the wider public to turn against him swiftly.” That being said, this is a very good influence social media has on impeachment. Following the uncovering of the president's crimes on social media caused more people to be against him. Even though the people cannot impeach him, this will have a heavy impact on his or her next election. They are then punished.