Trying to impeach & remove POTUS 13 days before he leaves office, is itself the definition of insanity. They should have the 25th Amendment invoked upon them.
RE: IMPEACHMENT
Will Pence “pardon” him?
This ploy is to keep POTUS out of politics. Will not work.
Maybe; I can’t see them being able to follow the prescribed protocol that quickly. Not that they care. But that’s why I think it’s being used as a stick to encourage resigning.
Back in the late 70s, we had a governor who was selling pardons and liquor licenses (he eventually went to prison). TPTB were concerned on what he planned to do in his final days in office. Not finding anything in the state constitution that told when exactly the new governor could be sworn in, the new governor was sworn in 3 days early. That’s known as a Tennessee impeachment.
The new governor was Lamar Alexander.