If Trump is convicted (there's virtually no question whether he'll be impeached), he would lose his pension, his travel allowance and office expense allowance, and his Secret Service protection.
There's no agreement on whether he can be tried by the Senate after he leaves office, but I found that there is a precedent: President Grant's Secretary of War, William Belknap, was impeached even though he resigned only moments before the vote was taken. The Senate then decided to try him, asserting that they had the right to do so with any office holder even after they leave office. It was not challenged so SCOTUS never weighed in on it, and Belknap was eventually acquitted.
If the point of impeaching Trump is to make sure he never holds office again, there's always Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That would require a simple majority vote of both houses rather than 2/3 of the Senate. |
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| Amendment 14, Section 3 - Carolyn Bodley on 1/11/21 7:48pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - MikeC/TX on 1/11/21 10:09pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - Carolyn Bodley on 1/11/21 10:27pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - MikeC/TX on 1/11/21 11:13pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - Carolyn Bodley on 1/12/21 9:45am |
| Re: I have no idea what her District in Colorado - Carolyn Bodley on 1/12/21 10:07am |
| Re: I have no idea what her District in Colorado - MikeC/TX on 1/12/21 4:58pm |
| If convicted ... - Yoli/CA on 1/12/21 4:34pm |
| Re: If convicted ... - MikeC/TX on 1/12/21 5:16pm |
| ?? post a source - Luckydog on 1/13/21 10:01am |
| Re: ?? post a source - MikeC/TX on 1/13/21 5:57pm |
| Re: If convicted ... - shooterclay on 1/13/21 4:23pm |
| Re: If convicted ... - MikeC/TX on 1/13/21 6:17pm |
| Wow, CNN Fact-checking? - shooterclay on 1/14/21 8:11am |
| Re: Wow, CNN Fact-checking? - MikeC/TX on 1/14/21 5:13pm |
| Forbes disagrees with you.. - shooterclay on 1/14/21 8:15am |
| Re: Forbes disagrees with you.. - MikeC/TX on 1/14/21 5:08pm |
| Bloomberg disagrees with you.. - shooterclay on 1/14/21 5:48pm |
| I know you like this source - Luckydog on 1/15/21 6:32pm |
| Re: I know you like this source - MikeC/TX on 1/17/21 10:52pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - shooterclay on 1/12/21 5:33pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - MikeC/TX on 1/12/21 10:44pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - shooterclay on 1/13/21 4:20pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - MikeC/TX on 1/14/21 5:15pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - shooterclay on 1/14/21 5:39pm |
| Re: Amendment 14, Section 3 - MikeC/TX on 1/14/21 5:50pm |
| Where were these same calls in 2005 when Dems did the same? - Moneyman/TX on 1/15/21 10:13am |
| Re: Where were these same calls in 2005 when Dems did the same? - shooterclay on 1/15/21 6:29pm |
| Re: Where were these same calls in 2005 when Dems did the same? - MikeC/TX on 1/17/21 5:42pm |
| Remember when the FBI used facial recog to arrest all those - Moneyman/TX on 1/24/21 9:42am |