re: Trump’s Boldest Argument Yet: Immunity From Prosecution for Assassinations

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Impeachment Judgments Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States

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An impeachment-removal proceeding can't have any more punitive effect than removal from office and prohibition of holding future office (a limitation on Congress from creating criminal penalties associated with impeachment, separating the two concepts).

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but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

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An impeachment proceeding is not a replacement for criminal prosecution, so if a President is impeached-removed, he can still be liable for criminal prosecution (again, separating the two concepts and preventing a removed President from claiming he was already "prosecuted" and "convicted")

Nowhere does that clause create a limitation of criminal prosecution via administrative-civil action. The two clauses both strenuously seek to separate the impeachment-removal process and potential criminal prosecution.