Their efforts now are aimed at stopping Trump in 2024. Here's an explanation:
While impeachment alone would not impact a President’s future ability to serve in office -- impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment, not a guilty verdict -- a conviction would mean that decision falls squarely into the hands of the U.S. Senate, according to the U.S. Constitution.
The Senate will hold the trial, and if the result is a conviction, the Senate can vote to simply remove the president from office. Or, it can vote to disqualify the president from ever holding public office again.
"The Senate has the right to run the trial as they see fit,'' said Brian Browne, assistant vice president of government relations at St. John’s University and an adjunct professor of political science. “It’s written in the Constitution.”
