RE: Senate Trial has started.
February 9, 2021 at 7:09 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2021 at 7:19 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(February 9, 2021 at 6:47 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(February 9, 2021 at 6:41 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There is precedent for both impeaching and trying someone who is out of office (not regarding presidents, but the legal reasoning is identical).
But it doesn’t matter - the Senate will decide they have the jurisdiction to try him, and will then acquit him.
Boru
Unless they use a secret ballot. Never been done and unlikely - but - it is possible......
Without constituent accoutability - many ( R )s might opt to throw Donny under the bus.
Agreed. I wonder what it would take for Schumer to force a secret ballot. The House’s R’s did it for MTG, not sure why they couldn’t do it for Trump.
Boru
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