That was before he wound up a bunch of loons to invade the Capitol and they were forced to flee for their lives. You can internet lawyer it all you want but the Senate is furious at Trump for this. Hell, they’re furious at Cruz and Hawley.
You are foolish if you don’t believe they won’t respond to what they see as an attack on the legislative branch by the executive.
Please do explain the legal threshold as you know it to be…The executive branch coerced an attack on the legislative branch in order to stop or delay the certification of electoral votes.
“The plain language of section 4 seems to require removal from office upon conviction, and in fact the Senate has removed those persons whom it has convicted. In the 1936 trial of Judge Ritter, the Senate determined that removal is automatic upon conviction, and does not require a separate vote.854 This practice has continued. Because conviction requires a two-thirds vote, this means that removal can occur only as a result of a two-thirds vote. Unlike removal, disqualification from office is a discretionary judgment, and there is no explicit constitutional linkage to the two-thirds vote on conviction. Although an argument can be made that disqualification should nonetheless require a two-thirds vote,855 the Senate has determined that disqualification may be accomplished by a simple majority vote.“