Can Donald Trump be impeached after he has left office?
Jan 24, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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Episode description
The Senate plans to begin a second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Can it do so under the Constitution? This episode looks at the Constitution's text, evidence of the framer's intent, two historical impeachment cases, and the Constitution's structure. It concludes that the answer is likely a matter of political will and consensus, which the two historical examples (former Senator William Blount in 1798 and former Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876) show is hard to actually sustain all the way through a trial to an judgment of impeachment.
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