With the facts fairly settled, and the House apparently well on its way to impeach President Trump, should the Senate take the terrible step of removing a sitting president from office? Our framers designed impeachment, in part, to remove a president who abused his foreign affairs powers by elevating his personal or political interests above the national interest. But they also did not want Congress to use impeachment as a partisan tool to control the president, which would destroy the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches.