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To: familyop
Could President Trump be impeached and convicted – but also reelected?

No.

Assuming the Senate invokes the clause barring future government service, he would be subject to the "fail to qualify" portion of the 20th amendment.

-PJ

13 posted on 10/01/2019 10:36:39 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
"Assuming the Senate invokes the clause barring future government service, he would be subject to the 'fail to qualify' portion of the 20th amendment."

Wouldn't disqualification be done with a separate vote after conviction?

18 posted on 10/01/2019 11:03:04 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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