The argument made by some Republican senators, that an impeachment trial of Donald Trump would be unconstitutional, is legally wrong for multiple reasons including the language of the Constitution, past precedent, recorded statements of the Framers and simple logic. However, the most compelling is the sheer hypocrisy of the claim that the trial is barred because Mr. Trump is no longer president.
In fact, Mr. Trump was impeached by the House while still in office and a trial in the Senate could have been conducted during his term but for the delay ordained by Majority Leader McConnell. Having engineered the delay, it ill behooves Republicans to claim that a trial now would be constitutionally untimely. This patent ploy calls to mind the old saw about the man who murdered his parents and asked for mercy as an orphan
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