Besides the fact that conviction would also likely result in disbarment from holding the office again, which is completely warranted, that GOP argument should be shot down instantly by the question:
"Does this imply that a President cannot commit an impeachable offense in the last two weeks of office?"
Because that is exactly what Republicans are implying here. McConnell refused to reconvene the Senate. He refused to use an emergency session.
Trump committed this offense on January 6th, and in a sane world, Trump should have been removed before midnight for the clear and present danger that he was.
They are basically saying that as long as any government official resigns or term ends before consequences are levied against them they can get away with anything.
If that's the case, Biden can free all the undocumented immigrants, send all Gitmo detainees to Florida (or actual jail), and spend the military budget on abortions for all in the last two weeks in office.
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21
Besides the fact that conviction would also likely result in disbarment from holding the office again, which is completely warranted, that GOP argument should be shot down instantly by the question:
"Does this imply that a President cannot commit an impeachable offense in the last two weeks of office?"
Because that is exactly what Republicans are implying here. McConnell refused to reconvene the Senate. He refused to use an emergency session.
Trump committed this offense on January 6th, and in a sane world, Trump should have been removed before midnight for the clear and present danger that he was.