Conceivably he could be acquitted, reelected and impeached again on the same charges. Dems would be either stupid or masochists to do that but in this bizarro world can we definitely rule it out?
Speaking of our bizarro world how about Pelosi just not sending the articles impeachment to Senate?
Pelosi: Not sending impeachment articles to Senate until she sees details of trial process
Quote:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday stood by her position that the House will not send the Senate the just-passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump until she sees “the process that is set forth in the Senate” -- how a trial would be structured.
When asked at her weekly news conference if there’s risk in Republicans saying she is playing games by holding the articles, Pelosi said, "We don't know the arena that we're in. Frankly, I don’t care what the Republicans say.”
"In any event, we are ready. When we see what they have, we'll know who, and how many [impeachment managers], we'll send over. And that's all I have to say on this now,” Pelosi said.
As Pelosi spoke, Trump tweeted, "Pelosi feels her phony impeachment HOAX is so pathetic she is afraid to present it to the Senate, which can set a date and put this whole SCAM into default if they refuse to show up! The Do Nothings are so bad for our Country!"
The Constitution's framers suspected that "we might might have rogue president," Pelosi said. "I don't think they suspected that we'd have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the Senate at the same time," Pelosi shot back.
McConnell later sought out reporters to say, "It's beyond me how the speaker and the Democratic leader in the Senate think withholding the articles of impeachment and not sending them over gives them leverage - is beyond me. Frankly, I'm not anxious to have the trial, if she thinks her case is so weak she doesn't want to send it over, throw me into that briar patch.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday accused Pelosi of "admitting defeat" by not committing to transmitting the impeachment articles to the Senate.
"She's so embarrassed by it, she won't send the papers over," he said. "She's admitting defeat by not sending it. By refusing to send impeachment over, she knows the outcome is not good."
Based on the polling I cited earlier and her reluctance to start the impeachment this particular Republican conspiracy theory may not be so far fetched.
Bizarro situation indeed.
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