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An Impeachment is just an accusation produced by the House of Representatives. If a majority in the House can push forth the impeachment via votes, it then gets sent to the Senate in order to undergo a trial with yet another set of votes that could lead to possible removal. If two-thirds of the Senate votes to convict, the president is removed from office. The Senate can then conduct another vote—this one requiring only a simple majority—to bar the convicted president from ever serving in office again.
Trump's first impeachment (where he was accused on both abuse of power + obstruction of Congress), in which he was acquitted, took 18 days. That's the fastest impeachment process we have ever seen in the history of all presidents. The next Presidential inauguration is for January 20, 2021. That is the official day that Biden is set to take office. This means that there is 6 days in between today and the 20th for impeachment proceedings to advance from the House and through the Senate with a consequent removal.
If I were a betting man, I'd say it isn't going to happen. Could this all truly be an attempt for the Senate to conduct a vote that bars the convicted president from ever serving in office again? I'd lean on that being likely, but still don't think it's going to happen.
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