How are people surprised that a Senator could preside over an impeachment trial, while also voting in it? That has happened in every impeachment of a judge or Cabinet member ever. It is precisely how the constitutional process is designed.
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There are serious arguments to be had against impeachment of Trump, but this ain't it. Benjamin Wade got to vote in 1868 even though a conviction would have made him president.
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Wait, why would he have become President instead of Colfax? Was the order of succession different then?
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