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bluestarone

(16,939 posts) Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:45 PM Feb 2019

Question on impeachment. If the house impeaches And senate does NOT convict.

Can he STILL be charged AFTER he's out of office? Would this be considered double jeopardy? Just curious.

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Question on impeachment. If the house impeaches And senate does NOT convict. (Original Post) bluestarone Feb 2019 OP

He could be charged in any case. Impeachment is political. irresistable Feb 2019 #1

Impeachment is solely to determine if "fit" to remain in office, not to determine criminal liability hlthe2b Feb 2019 #2

Gotcha TY bluestarone Feb 2019 #3

Impeachment is not a criminal charge in a court of law Downtown Hound Feb 2019 #4

TY to all!!!!! bluestarone Feb 2019 #6

It's not double jeopardy because an impeachment trial isn't a criminal proceeding. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #5

irresistable

(989 posts)

1. He could be charged in any case. Impeachment is political.

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hlthe2b

(102,262 posts)

2. Impeachment is solely to determine if "fit" to remain in office, not to determine criminal liability

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:47 PM

Feb 2019

So, yes. Criminal charges would/should follow once out of office--just as they would have with Nixon had Ford not pardoned him.

bluestarone

(16,939 posts)

3. Gotcha TY

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Feb 2019

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

4. Impeachment is not a criminal charge in a court of law

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Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:47 PM

Feb 2019

So, yes.

bluestarone

(16,939 posts)

6. TY to all!!!!!

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Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:48 PM

Feb 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)

5. It's not double jeopardy because an impeachment trial isn't a criminal proceeding.

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:48 PM

Feb 2019

A conviction in an impeachment trial means only the president loses his job with no criminal consequences at all; acquittal means he doesn't lose his job - but he can still be prosecuted after he leaves office. Anyhow, "high crimes and misdemeanors" don't even have to be statutory crimes.

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