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.
The 2 provisions are not necessarily in pari materia, given that the impeachment power as a whole derives from Article I & the historic roots of impeachment. By contrast, the Article II language on who presides is directed at *how* trial is presided & serves a distinct function.
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