responsible for any abuse of the great trust placed in him, unquote. this brings us, of course, to the crucial question we're here to talk about today, the standard for impeachment. the constitution defines treason and the term bribery basically means using an office for personal gain -- i should say misusing office for personal gain. as professor feldman pointed out, these terms derive from the british who understood the class of cases that would be impeachable to refer to political crimes which included great offenses against the united states, attempts to subvert the constitution, when the president deviates from his duty or dares to abuse the power invested in him by the people, breaches the serious trust with serious injuries to the public n. the federal lift papers alexander hamilton declared impeachable offenses are those that proceed from the misconduct