I cannot possibly presume to know more than the legal eagles who work for Congress and its assorted committees, but this question is worth pondering as we digest what we are going to learn from the 1/6 House select committee’s televised hearings.
Is it legally possible to ban Donald J. Trump from serving in any public office, even though the ex-POTUS survived two impeachment trials in the U.S. Senate?
Had he been convicted and booted from office, there was a clause in the proceedings that allowed Congress to ban this moron from ever seeking public office for the rest of his life.
After one evening of public testimony broadcast around the world about the 1/6 insurrection that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, this much is crystal clear to me: Donald Trump was hideously derelict in his duty as commander in chief, as chief executive of the federal government and as our head of state by his refusal to stop the violence that was unfolding on Capitol Hill.
By any reasonable measure, this lying, self-serving narcissist has no business ever darkening the doors of the White House ever again. Under no circumstance should he be allowed into the People’s House. To think that there are serious political analysts who believe he actually has a chance at returning as POTUS simply makes me shudder. I do not believe he will run in 2024 … but that’s just me and as you know already, I am wrong far more frequently than I am right.
However, I am not wrong about my belief that this idiot ever should be allowed to run for public office based on what we have heard all along about his conduct on 1/6 and what we are likely to hear in the weeks to come.
Again, I need to know whether there is a way to stop this dangerous fool from re-entering the public political arena.