“in order for Speaker to ascend to the presidency, they would have to be impeached and convicted and removed from office at the exact same time.”
Not exactly. There is no Vice-President in office after the Vice-President assumes the Presidency. To appoint a new Vice, the new President makes the nomination which must be approved by both houses of congress. Until that happens, the Speaker is next in line for the Presidency.
thanks. I get it. I know that. I jumped in here, takining it literal:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4108385/posts?page=1486#1486
“The significant impact would be Trump returning to the Presidency after * & Cackles are impeached.”
Then generally correctly presented an Albert type scenario here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4108385/posts?page=1501#1501