(February 9, 2021 at 6:46 pm)Brian37 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
Of course, because it will be about party, not law.
Of course it’s about party. Impeachment is a political mechanism.
Boru
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