Impeachment is available for egregious abuses of official authority. Some crimes do not count as such, because they are essentially private (failing to pay taxes, punching someone, speeding) or because they are not sufficiently serious. Some offenses that are not crimes are nonetheless impeachable—punishing political enemies, trampling on liberty, deciding to take a year off, systematically lying to Congress and the American people. Such actions count as “high misdemeanors.” In some cases,
