Senate will be back on the 19th, and they can have a senate trial of impeachment after inauguration. Trump has said impeachment is not a risk to him, and I believe that. But we should still have our facts straight.
He said the 25th Amendment was of no risk to him. The 25th is where the VP and Cabinet vote to remove a president who is unable to be president due to illness/incapacitation.... is impeachment covered under the 25th, too? I thought impeachment was somewhere else?
I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure he said neither were a risk to him. 25th is where cabinet and VP could seem POTUS unfit to lead (usually do to being incapacitated) impeachment is separate house and senate have hearings and trials then vote whether to remove POTUS from office. The only reason they want to impeach him (even if it's after inauguration) is to try to strip him of his secret service (Presidents get secret service for life iirc,) prevent him from a presidential library, and make it so he could never run for office again.
In spite of all that none of their schemes will succeed.
Former President's are hardly just "civilians" after the leave office, given they maintain Secret Service, special tax perks, etc. These are the things and reasons they would try to take this up, however stupid, unprecedented or unnecessary it may seem.
None of these semantics matter tho, since the plan is moving and they won't have the opportunity to even try such a thing
Senate will be back on the 19th, and they can have a senate trial of impeachment after inauguration. Trump has said impeachment is not a risk to him, and I believe that. But we should still have our facts straight.
He said the 25th Amendment was of no risk to him. The 25th is where the VP and Cabinet vote to remove a president who is unable to be president due to illness/incapacitation.... is impeachment covered under the 25th, too? I thought impeachment was somewhere else?
I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure he said neither were a risk to him. 25th is where cabinet and VP could seem POTUS unfit to lead (usually do to being incapacitated) impeachment is separate house and senate have hearings and trials then vote whether to remove POTUS from office. The only reason they want to impeach him (even if it's after inauguration) is to try to strip him of his secret service (Presidents get secret service for life iirc,) prevent him from a presidential library, and make it so he could never run for office again.
In spite of all that none of their schemes will succeed.
I agree. They seem so desperate.
I am pretty sure you can't have an impeachment trial of a civilian...
Matt Gaetz tweeted https://mobile.twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801 that is is possible in Dec 2019, Bannon was saying on War Room earlier this week that they could hold the trial after.
Former President's are hardly just "civilians" after the leave office, given they maintain Secret Service, special tax perks, etc. These are the things and reasons they would try to take this up, however stupid, unprecedented or unnecessary it may seem.
None of these semantics matter tho, since the plan is moving and they won't have the opportunity to even try such a thing
Thanks!