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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Via Scott Horton

"When drafting the Constitution’s Impeachment Clause, the Framers had a specific historical episode in mind. In 1649 the English House of Commons impeached King Charles I for treason. Charles was alleged to have unlawfully subverted English democracy, and the final article of impeachment charged that he colluded with England’s foreign adversaries in his campaign against his domestic political rivals. Proving that last charge required an inquiry into Charles’s diplomatic communications.

Much of his trial devolved into a tedious debate over whether he could assert the king’s ordinary privileges and immunities. At one point Charles infamously insisted that he was immune from impeachment altogether because “the king can do no wrong.” Charles lost this debate. His personal “Papers and Letters” were all taken as evidence. His secretary was compelled to testify about his negotiations with England’s foreign adversaries.

Within a month of being impeached, Charles was found guilty and beheaded."[/quote]

This is from an op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal. It’s a really interesting article: 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-trumps-executive-privilege-ask-george-washington-11571784069[/quote]

Paywall.

This one is good:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/three-lessons-first-time-head-state-was-impeached

“During the Constitutional Convention debates over the Impeachment Clause, Benjamin Franklin cited the impeachment of Charles Stuart as one of the principal reasons the impeachment process needed to be formalized in the Constitution. And Gouverneur Morris supported the idea, arguing that Congress needed the power to impeach a president for “treachery” and “corrupting his electors.””

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