How does impeachment work? A misconception about impeachment is that it refers to the removal of a president from office. Why have an impeachment trial if Trump is already gone? Impeachment could be used to remove Trump from office and to disqualify him from holding political office in the future. Other legal experts, however, said the Senate could only prevent Trump from holding office if it first votes to convict him in the impeachment trial.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2021 01:30 UTC