Trumps response to January 6th Committee!!🔥🔥
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Not law savvy, but is it really double jeopardy?
By what authority does Congress act as the Judiciary or Executive branches?
They don't. And they don't purport to be. It is why they make recommendations, instead of convicting and sentencing.
No. Not in the least.
Impeachment hearings are not criminal trials. They are Constitutional proceedings. All an Impeachment can result in is a President being removed from office and possibly being barred from holding any public office again, or not.
Presidents are largely protected from criminal charges and trials while in office. If Trump had been removed from office as a result of his Impeachment, it is likely he would have faced being charged by the DOJ as the Jan 6th Committee is recommending now.
He never had a criminal trial, so there is no double jeopardy.
At first I was certain you were right but now I'm questioning myself. I agree they are 2 different things but the fact that he was required to submit evidence before a Federal proceeding that was in fact overseen by the CJOTUS should somehow count for that. I don't know for sure but I would sure hope there is something on the books that addresses cases like these. I mean it was an impeachment trial and it was federal. A guilty verdict would have resulted in removal from office and being barred from ever holding any office again. A normal civil trial can't do something that grave.
Lawfags - any precedents on the books for something like this? I imagine this is one of those one-of-a-kind things.
Depending on the crime, being removed from office could be getting off easy. For instance, if a President was accused of treason or murder.
Impeachment hearings are simply not the same as criminal trials.
The impeachment hearings were in the House. The impeachment trial was in the Senate.
I know it is not the same as a criminal trial, but it is also not a civil trial where double jeopardy would not apply. I think it is a grey area that deserves to be researched.
no