Oops, your wrong. The house may impeach any federal official. The senate may not hold an impeachment trial for a senator.
Impeachment in the United States is the process by which the
lower house of a
legislature brings charges against a
civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed, analogous to the bringing of an
indictment by a
grand jury. At the federal level, this is at the discretion of the
House of Representatives. Most
impeachments have concerned alleged crimes committed while in office, though there have been a few cases in which officials have been impeached and subsequently convicted for crimes committed prior to taking office.
[1] The impeached official remains in office until a
trial is held. That trial, and their removal from office if
convicted, is separate from the act of impeachment itself. Analogous to a trial before a
judge and
jury, these proceedings are (where the legislature is
bicameral) conducted by the
upper house of the legislature, which at the federal level is the
Senate.
