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

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"But the party CONVICTED"

Impeachment = Indictment by House (essentially, a grand jury)

The Senate conducts the trial and CONVICTS (or acquits).

Thus, only after that process does the person impeached become "the party convicted" and only at that point are they subject to the other processes.

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I agree. It states specifically what further action could be taken on the "convicted", but says nothing about the person "not convicted" because there is no further action to be had.
As I stated earlier, the founding fathers never imagined a president impeached but not convicted would ever have to answer the same charge after office. I understand impeachment is not a legal criminal proceeding, but it's the official proceeding used to determine wrong doing of those holding the highest positions of our nation. That should carry enough weight that a reasonable person wouldn't attempt to charge the accused again for that which he was previously "found innocent".