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Abuse of power — Wikipedia (en)

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Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official abuse of power", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties. Malfeasance in office is often a just cause for removal of an elected official by statute or recall election. In the United States, abuse of power has been cited in the impeachment of at least five federal officials. Two of these (Judge George English and President Richard Nixon) resigned before their trial in the Senate could take place, and two others were acquitted by the Senate. The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump concluded with the president being found not guilty on both articles of impeachment with one of them being the charge of abuse of power. At the state level, Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois was impeached and unanimously removed from office by the Illinois Senate in 2009 for offenses including abuse of power.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Abuse of power» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of_power
Wikidata Q1975478: «commission of an unlawful act in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1975478
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