Why the G.O.P. Argument Against Trying Trump Is So Dangerous
As the Senate trial of Donald Trump nears, the defense is coming into view. It appears that most Senate Republicans will not defend Mr. Trump’s conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Instead, they will rally around an argument about the chamber’s constitutional powers and the supposedly dangerous consequences for our politics if the Senate tries a “late impeachment.”
This argument is built on two closely connected representations, and Senator Rand Paul previewed them in his recent constitutional objection to “late impeachment.”
The first, in Mr. Paul’s words, is that “impeachment is a tool to remove someone from office. That’s it.” The Senate lacks the power to try an impeached president, once out of office, to determine if he is guilty of the charges the House has levied against him.
The second, Mr. Paul and others argued, is that Mr. Trump is now a “private citizen,” and so any action against him could serve no purpose other than revenge.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/trump-impeachment-republicans.html
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will weasel out of having to convict stumpy..hell they finally admitted
stumpy withheld military aid to the Ukraine for criminal reasons...but
not criminal enough to impeach the yellow haired traitor...
