re: How the frick can a non sitting president be impeached?

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How the frick can a non sitting president be impeached?

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He cannot.

Of course, Trump was still the sitting POTUS when the House impeached him. The question is whether a duly-impeached official can be TRIED and CONVICTED on his impeachment after leaving office. Reconstruction-era Senate precedent says “yes,”

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No they didn't.

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Belknap WAS impeached by the House. He was not convicted by the Senate.

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In fact, the Senate voted for acquittal, specifically stating that they had no authority over a civilian.

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Not exactly.

The Senate voted twice. First, they voted as to whether then had jurisdiction, given that he had already resigned by the time that the House adopted Articles of Impeachment. The Senate BARELY voted that it nonetheless HAD jurisdiction to proceed. (A majority, but less than 2/3)

After finding that they DID have jurisdiction, the Senate then heard the SUBSTANTIVE claims and proceeded to vote on conviction. The vast majority of those voting against conviction did so because they felt they had no jurisdiction. Everyone knew they guy was a crook.



I completely understand continuing an argument based upon either (1) differing ideology or (2) differing interpretation of ambiguous facts.

I will never understand people who insist upon continuing to argue based upon "facts" which are demonstrably- and objectively-inaccurate.