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For example, Pakistan’s thriving jihadist factions arose under two military dictators: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, who used them to confront the Soviets in Afghanistan, and Pervez Musharraf, who fled to London in 2008 under threat of impeachment and was subsequently charged with involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007 – a milestone in Pakistan’s slide into chaos.

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That's where impeachment comes in.

Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office.

Originating in the United Kingdom, impeachment allowed Parliament to vote for removing a government official from office even without the king's consent.

And so impeachment was adopted in the United States as a power of Congress applying to any civil officers, up to and including the president.

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