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the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain
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While Republican officeholders are reluctant to directly condemn Trump, several have expressed the hope that the ardor for tariffs will be short-lived.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
To impeach an officeholder, Congress must find the politician guilty of a high crime or misdemeanor.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
The emoluments clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
The resistors were bankers and business leaders, Kiwanis and Rotary Club members and clergy, and middle-class members of White Citizens’ Councils who took pains to distance themselves from the Ku Klux Klan—as well as officeholders from local school boards to state capitols to the halls of Congress.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
To impeach an officeholder, Congress must find the politician guilty of a high crime or misdemeanor.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
The emoluments clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
The resistors were bankers and business leaders, Kiwanis and Rotary Club members and clergy, and middle-class members of White Citizens’ Councils who took pains to distance themselves from the Ku Klux Klan—as well as officeholders from local school boards to state capitols to the halls of Congress.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Officeholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/officeholder. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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officeholder
noun
of·fice·hold·er
-ˌhōl-dər 
: a person holding a public office
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