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To: cowboyusa

Yes, he can be tried.

I get that most people here have never heard of Belknap but by now that name should be getting a lot of play.


90 posted on 01/25/2021 11:00:22 AM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: RummyChick

That was not a President.


96 posted on 01/25/2021 11:05:17 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: RummyChick
I get that most people here have never heard of Belknap but by now that name should be getting a lot of play.

Belknap is not much in the way of precedent and certainly is not a controlling one.

William Belknap was the Secretary of War under President Grant. He was impeached by the House, resigned, and was then tried by the Senate. He argued that the Senate no longer had jurisdiction since he had resigned, and a majority of the Senate voted that they did. He was then acquitted by the Senate and the issue became moot.

117 posted on 01/25/2021 11:24:40 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Slow Joe is Not My President!)
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