# Felons and the presidency

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felons-and-the-presidency/10051>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felons-and-the-presidency/10051 "2000-04-02T23:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felons-and-the-presidency/10051/21 "2000-04-11T05:59:00Z")

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Lyndon LaRouche is a convicted felon and he is running for President in some states.

Only the House of Representatives can impeach. The Senate is responsible for conviction, so Clinton was impeached.

I’m sure this has already been cleared up but I wanted to mention it again.

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