Subj : Re: Threat to Democracy
To   : ALAN IANSON
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Aug 11 2024 08:21:00

> Acquitted? An impeachment is not a criminal proceeding and DJT was not
> acquitted of anything. This was a major republican failure to act.

> An impeachment is simply to remore someone from office.

> Donald Trump has been convicted of criminal charges and he has more charges to
> answer for.

Impeachment and removal are technically two different things in the US.
You can be impeached (by the House) without being removed (by the Senate).
Removal is reserved for "treason, bribery," and other "high crimes," so an
impeachment resulting in removal from office does require a crime to have
been comitted.

Trump's criminal conviction, regarding his finances, was indeed separate
from either of his impeachments.  I think that is what you are
implying correctly here.

> > each time to counter those seething feelings of hatred executed by Democrats
> > on their high horse - in the end those stubborn facts burned through.

> An impeachment or criminal charges are not "seething feelings of hatred".

They are not supposed to be, but they can be.


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