Originally Posted by artie505
Is the answer that apparent that the question doesn't even need to be addressed?
The options available to the senate (censure, removal from office, preventing future office holding) are political in nature and an essential element of the checks and balances in the constitution. However, as these are political actions entirely within the government, so even a conviction in the senate would not cause double jeopardy to be attached or preclude further criminal or civil action against Trump. The Biden DoJ is carefully building irrefutable cases against leaders of the insurrection and there is nothing prevent them from indicting Donald J Trump and members of his family on criminal and/or civil charges as well. Whether to seek indictment or not would be a difficult call. While Trump's words, and the actions resulting from them, are inarguable, the question would be how intent and intent is notoriously difficult to prove in a court of law. Personally I think Trump knew exactly what he was doing but I would not want to be on that jury. It will be a lot easier for New York State to nail Trump, his son, and son-in-law on fraud charges and at his age Trump would be unlikely to live out the sentence. A fitting end to his term in office.


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