Okay so here is what CNN is saying about any Trial of PRESIDENT Trump in the senate:
Chief Justice John Roberts will not be presiding like he did for Trump’s first impeachment trial, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Instead, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the President pro tempore of the Senate, is expected to preside, the sources said. The Constitution says the chief justice presides when the person facing trial is the current president of the United States, but senators preside in other cases, one source said.
When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present.
For the love of GOD can someone point out where the word “current” appears in the section on presidential impeachment. If they are trying him as President, then the Cheif Justice SHALL preside.
If they are trying him in any other office other than PRESIDENT it needs to go back to the house. I’m not sure how they can differentiate PRESIDENT and FORMER PRESIDENT.
So then for a trial don’t they need to pass a new article of impeachment?
Remember . . . he is being tried for the article of impeachment and he WAS president when indicted and he IS being tried on the Article of impeachment of THE PRESIDENT.
So if they are not trying himas THE PRESIDENT as the article of impeachment says he is, then they need to do a new impeachment article in the house.
This is about the trial and who presides. Senate dems are saying he is no longer president so the portion of the constitution over who presides over the trial isn’t applicable since he is no longer president.
It doesn’t matter. Let the Libs have their little show AGAIN. Remove Trump from office, oh wait…
See if Dems can get 2/3 to convict. Good luck. There is no way Nancy and Chucky can keep their worst nightmare from happening. Trump will run in 2024, and 74 million people will remember what Nancy and Chucky did.
Better get their cheating game down now because it’s only 2 years till midterms. Those are usually years when the minority party picks up seats. Dems lost house seats in 2020 and have only a razor thin majority in the house and only because of Comrade Kamala do they have control of the Senate, better hope the Senators up for election in 22 don’t defect to more Centrist positions or Biden and Kamala’s Communist agenda will stall if not die… I hope the sham trial drags out for months.
Having him in the minds of Dem’s and Never Trumpers the next 4 years would be pricless (also have the news media focusing on him). However I think he will ride off into the sunset politically.
Crime must be punish. We shouldn’t look away just because he’s out of office. Trump did claim executive privilege during his presidency. so he can’t be convicted as president and now he can’t be convicted after? Dems need to go after him using every legal maneuver.
If trump wants to run again in 2024, go for it. the 81 million people will still vote against him.
