When Congress impeaches and removes a federal official, the Constitution says, “the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.” While you might think that clause means impeachment and removal do not preclude criminal prosecution, Donald Trump’s lawyers say it means a former president can be […]
About 350 Donald Trump supporters who participated in the 2021 Capitol riot that interrupted congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election victory have been charged with obstructing an “official proceeding.” So has Trump himself: The August 2023 federal indictment that accuses him of illegally interfering in the 2020 presidential election says he obstructed or attempted to […]
Two weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Ronna McDaniel, then chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), let Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s lawyer, hold a press conference at the RNC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. During that bizarre presentation, Giuliani and Sidney Powell, another member of the Trump campaign’s “elite strike force team,” crystallized the craziness […]