“Eitherway the article of impeachment is concerning POTUS or Former POTUS. They need to pick and decide but they cannot have him POTUS and NOT_POTUS.
Good point. Also, the House impeaches the POTUS; the Senate tries the POTUS. House just sent article to Senate today - after Trump left office - no longer president. Senate tries President, but Trump is no longer president. It appears the house is impeaching a non-president, and Senate will try a non-president. ??
The FULL impeachment process by the House includes the transmittal of the article(s) to the Senate. Since this was done after Trump had left office it is no longer valid because the contents of the impeachment article state Trump is POTUS which he is not.