It's been reported in history that impeachment can happen when one leaves office. This is what someone has said. Now...I'm digging and I'm not sure if I can find it. Ive found someone actually arguing the opposite. Sauce: https://www.legislativeprocedure.com/blog/2021/1/8/latest-impeachment-effort-not-possible-under-rules "The Constitution defines who is subject to impeachment (Article II, section 4). It stipulates, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The Senate must vote separately to bar an impeached official from office. That vote, unlike the vote to convict, requires a simple majority. But that vote is not in order until after the Senate has voted to convict the official based on the articles of impeachment. The Senate cannot remove someone from office if they are not in that office. And absent a conviction vote, the Senate cannot bar someone from holding future office. The consequences of giving Congress this power would be to allow it to bar private citizens from holding office preemptively."
This leads me to believe that Congress is trying to panic vote Trump out of office before the 20th..HOWEVER. They won't get an impeachment hearing. It wouldnt be till the 20th before they can get their ducks in a row for impeachment. WHY is congress pushing for impeachment?
It is worth nothing that Pelosi attempted to force the 25th Amendment the day after the joint session before deciding to attempt a 2nd impeachment. This to me proves that it is not about humiliating Trump or preventing him from running again. It is because they need him out of office, not in 10 days, but NOW.
I can't for the life of me figure out why though. The Capitol intrusion was a staged psyop to give cover to censor Trump, but why are they exaggerating like they are actually spooked? Weird.
Getting him out NOW would eliminate Declass
But they have simply refused his declass orders already.
One more opportunity to do the right thing.
POTUS has run them out of all legal options and avenues. Nothing can stop what is coming.
That's right. They tried the 25th Amendment, but Pence must have made it very clear that wasn't going to happen. They tried to cut off Trump from the military but we already that wasn't going to happen either. So impeachment is the only thing they have left even though they have no time to do it.