Serious question: could Trump be impeached twice? If the Republicans in Congress were to

[Atticus]

coordinate a hurried half-assed "impeachment" charging every imaginable basis and, of course, not convict him, could the new Democratic Congress in 2019 "reimpeach" him?

[unblock]

1. There is no double jeopardy concept at play.

He can be impeached a hundred times.

[dalton99a]

2. Republicans will not vote to impeach Trump.

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. You Mean The Russians Won't Impeach Drumpf

The repubs are fucking Russian Traitors, beholden to Putin. They all need to be voted out of office.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[dameatball]

6. Russians don't impeach....they offer you a tasty cocktail

[sarcasmo]

8. Have some soup, Vlad.

[dameatball]

5. Dammitt.......never thought of that strategy. Good question.

However, as long as Mueller doesn't screw up and accidentally charge David Dennison with money laundering, I think we are still good.
Mueller doesn't seem like a screw-up kinda guy.

[BBG]

7. With a Democratic House

We could be in for multiple impeachments until it sticks or it leaves office.

[MichMary]

9. He could be impeached 40 times

but the Senate will not vote to convict. It is numerically impossible. Why is this even a question?

[Atticus]

10. Quite obviously, it is NOT "numerically impossible ". Is that really what you meant to say? nt

[MichMary]

11. No.

It takes 2/3 of the Senate to convict. That is 67 Senators. It. Won't. Happen.

[MichMary]

12. More info:

35 Senate seats are up for election in 2018. 26 are currently held by Democrats. IF--huge IF--Dems sweep and take every single seat, that is a MAXIMUM increase of 9 seats. We would hold the majority with 58 seats. That's 9 Senate seats short of 67. We would need 9 Rs to vote to convict a Republican president. Do you really think that's possible?

Furthermore, 6 or 7 of the Ds who are up for re-election are in states that went for Trump, some by yuuuuge margins. They are vulnerable. No guarantee that they will retain their seats.

This is a pipe dream. Much better to deal with reality than to fantasize about impeaching Trump, whether it's once, twice, or 100 times.

[Atticus]

13. You may be right, but I think there could be circumstances in which there COULD be 67 votes

for impeachment.

If the "Blue Wave" materializes as hoped and we end up with a clear majority in the House, pick up a dozen or so governorships AND start 2019 with 55 Senators, give or take one or two, who can say that in the media spotlight of impeachment hearings there would not be a dozen or so Republicans who would not want to publicly prop up the traitorous pussy-grabber AND be on the wrong side of history?

[MichMary]

14. People are so firmly dug in

that any incumbent R who would vote to impeach would probably turn off as many from the R base as they would attract independents. I don't know. It's all a crap shoot.

Just curious, have you looked at what is going on in the polls for the incumbents in places like, WV, ND, MT, MO? Those are actually possible PICK-UPS for the Rs.

We could take the House, but the Senate is extremely doubtful.

[Atticus]

16. Don't t actually disagree. Just think impeachment should not be taken off the table until

we know our numbers and the "mood" of the electorate.

Appreciate your response.

[Dan]

15. Interesting

I can say this.... IMPEACHMENT is a political process... in theory, Congress could impeach him for scratching his ass. Having said that - I would be inclined to believe that there is no double jeopardy issue, except in the minds of the public.

I could be wrong... but maybe a new Congress for the second impeachment would need one little additional piece of information to review a previous failure to impeach.