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MontanaMama

(24,644 posts)
9. I think he gets the pension if he is impeached
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:47 PM
Jan 2021

but not if he is convicted and removed. DU’s StarfishSaver would know for sure.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)
12. No, Congress does not have that power.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:54 PM
Jan 2021

Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 prohibits it. The Pension is earned the second he took the oath and can't be taken away.

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