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Trump impeachment trial: Live coverage and news from the Senate - CNN (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Wait how does this work? Isn't he already gone from the office?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

He can still be convicted of his crimes while he was in office. Impeachment happened when he was still president, this is just the trial phase of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

Also, if convicted, he would lose ex-president benefits (like taxpayer-funded Secret Service), and would be unable to run for office in the future. (which is reason enough, imo)