The House:
Acts as a grand jury. If she has committed crimes, she can pardon herself civilly, but she cannot avoid impeachment. The House runs an investigation. If the House makes a criminal referral to the Senate, she stands trial there.
The U. S. Senate:
This is the court proceeding. They evaluate the evidence and vote on whether she has guilty of what the House referred to them.
If they vote that she was guilty, she is removed from office.
Civil Exposure to Prosecution:
I don’t think she can be tried civilly on the matters she has pardoned herself for, but if they have more charges to bring that she didn’t pardon herself for, the game is afoot.
There might be now, but heretofore Obama’s DOJ, FBI would never have brought her up on charges.
are most pardons expressed as forgiving all crimes before the date of the pardon?
and if that is the case, having charges not brought up for trial would be moot, lest they occurred after the issuance of the said pardon.
I’m confused. How do you impeach someone who doesn’t hold office? She’s a felon and should be in jail.
The president is above the law as it should be less impeachment. The house of representatives is the voice of the people and if we have a rouge president it is the grand jury. The Senate is the Jury of conviction or not. To convict in the Senate needs 60 votes as it should.
This is good. This is very good. Only will the most egregious president be removed from office by congressional action. The removal of a President through history has been at the ballot box as it should.
President Clinton was a vile man in office. He was a multiple perjurer under oath. His crimes most defiantly reached the legal standards of impeachment. His crimes in reality were not worthy of impeachment in the political reality at that time. He was impeached and it all came to nothing because the economy was doing well. He got a political pass.