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Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots:
The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot.
Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197.
He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress.
Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again.
But Mr Trump will not have to quit the White House before his term in office ends in one week because the Senate will not reconvene in time.
Mr Trump will leave office on 20 January, following his election defeat last November to Democrat Joe Biden.
The Democratic-controlled House voted after several hours of impassioned debate on Wednesday as armed National Guard troops stood guard inside and outside the Capitol.
[...] Impeachment charges are political, not criminal.
Also at Newsweek, c|net, Al Jazeera, Washington Post.
[Ed Note - The linked article has been revised since submission. The quoted text has been revised accordingly. - Fnord]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @01:29AM (3 children)
I'm not sure if a removal would prevent him from running for a senate or house position? There might be a chance he could win a senate or house seat and become a congressman or senator?
Regardless of how poorly Biden does there is no way the republican party is going to support Trump. If they don't support him, and they won't, there is no way Trump can win the election.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @01:45AM (1 child)
(I'm talking about supporting him for a presidential re-election of course. The republican party won't do that. The question is might he run for a senator or congressman in a state that he's popular in and could a removal from his presidential office prevent that? Otherwise there might be a small chance he could become a senator or congressman in the future if he ran. Not sure if there are any rules preventing a former president from running for a senate or congressional seat, I don't think there are any, but how many examples are there of former presidents running for a senate or house seat? Also, I think I heard somewhere that if he gets removed from office he loses his secret service protection afterwards? Plus, as others have pointed out, doesn't he lose his presidential memorial or whatever it's called? To think about it, though, if Trump ran for office as a third party, since the republican party won't support him, he could take votes away from whatever political candidate the republicans do endorse under the first past the post system. So maybe the democrats should want him to run again, lol).
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 15 2021, @04:30AM
The democrats? They're not worried about a rematch. Harris will wipe the floor with Trump.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @05:45AM
Should trump be convicted in the Senate, a *second* vote (a simple majority) would be required to bar him from seeking Federal office in the future.
Although there is another way [washingtonpost.com] to bar Trump from running for office, Section III of the Fourteenth Amendment [cornell.edu]:
That may or may not be feasible, but is certainly a possibility as it only requires simple majorities in the House and Senate.