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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
In order for Trump to be impeached, it has to happen before 2020 (he must be the sitting POTUS), and Pence will be sworn in.
46 can't take office before that.
Well, a couple of things:
1) being impeached is not synonymous with being convicted and therefore removed from office. Essentially to impeach is to indict. The House impeaches, the Senate adjudicates.
2) were he to be impeached and convicted, thereby removed from office, 46 would be Pence.
3) trump will still be president in 2021 (should he not be impeached and convicted before his term ends)
4) there is nothing that bars congress from impeaching and convicting a public official after their term has ended. Removal from office would obviously be moot at this point, but the guilty would then be barred from holding office from there on.
In this case, 46 wouldn't be on his side and wouldn't be likely to offer up a pardon.
This may have been a bit confusing-- what's implied is that, in all scenarios in which Trump does not get a second term, whether 46 is Pence or a Democrat depends on whether Trump resigns/is removed from office before January 20th 2021.
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