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The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins today in the U.S. Senate.

One of the major questions is whether a former president like Mr. Trump can be impeached

and convicted after leaving office.

One might think that this is a clear-cut constitutional question.

However, such is not the case. Article 2,

Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states, the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the

United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

It would seem that a person who is no longer in office can no longer be impeached and removed

from office. This is why Senator Tom Cotton claims the founders designed the impeachment process

as a way to remove officeholders from public office,

not an inquest against private citizens.

Senator Lindsey Graham warns that this action sets up a never-ending retribution.

Numerous other Republican senators agree.

As precedent, after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in August

1974, Congress ended the impeachment inquiry. It had begun the previous May, believing that impeachment

was no longer appropriate. However, for a former president to be disqualified from future office,

he or she must first be impeached and convicted.

This fact leads some to argue that the founders meant for impeachment to apply to individuals

even after they leave office and is motivating many who support Mr. Trump's conviction.

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