Wow, you just got proven wrong and then you called the person who proved you wrong "Captain Obvious."
The Nixon impeachment was based upon the criminal Watergate incident, so yes, it was a criminal proceeding.
Wrong. An impeachment isn't a criminal proceeding. You were wrong, now admit it.
Hey look at this tidbit I found in The Constitution of the United States of America.
"An Indictable Crime
The second view is that the Constitutional standard makes it necessary for a President to have committed an indictable crime in order to be subject to impeachment and removal from office. This view was adopted by many Republicans during the impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon. The proponents of this view point to the tone of the language of Article II § 4 itself, which seems to be speaking in criminal law terms.
There are other places in the Constitution which seem to support this interpretation, as well. For example, Article III § 2 (3) provides that "
the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury." Clearly the implication of this sentence from the Constitution is that impeachment is being treated as a criminal offense, ergo, impeachment requires a criminal offense to have been committed.
Article II § 2 (1) authorizes the President to grant pardons "for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment." This sentence implies that the Framers must have thought impeachment, and the acts which would support impeachment, to be criminal in nature."https://litigation.findlaw.com/legal-system/presidential-impeachment-the-legal-standard-and-procedure.htmlYou are wrong. Are you going to admit it Nutilduhh?