To quote once again a prominent Repub....
“You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic if this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role. Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.
The Constitution specifically specifies that impeachment is for
“high crimes and misdemeanors”. Though there is a certain vagueness to the term, I have to say that it would be a terrible stretch to try to apply that to any alleged activity that is not explicitly a violation of a standing law. Vague accusations of
“conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role” or a claimed intent of
“cleansing the office…restoring honor and integrity to the office” would not be justification for the impeachment process. To be valid, there really needs to be a credible claim that the target of the proceeding has committed an actual violation of law.