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TwilightZone

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Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:54 AM

Jan 2021

This keeps coming up and it's false.

Unless the Senate convicts, there are no direct consequences. Lack of conviction is the general equivalent of an acquittal in a criminal trial, though it is not a criminal procedure.

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Benefits Trump will lose if impeached a second time. [View all] riversedge Jan 2021 OP

Not sure, but I think those things only happen if the senate convicts. lamp_shade Jan 2021 #1

I'm sure, otherwise they would have happened after the first impeachment. marybourg Jan 2021 #2

If that's the case, then ariadne0614 Jan 2021 #4

No. TwilightZone Jan 2021 #3

Should some republicans switch parties to remove Moscow Mitch from stalling it, duforsure Jan 2021 #5

His numerous state charges and likely convictions will subdue his enjoyment of any post-WH benefits zonemaster Jan 2021 #6

Why would a second impeachment be any different from the first? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #7