1-You tweeted incredulity that a juror could preside. That's happened routinely in impeachment trials. Senate rules also allow Senators to be witnesses. 2-I am not ignoring the language, I read it in originalist terms: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/trump-can-still-be-impeached-after-he-leaves-office/ … https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/chief-justice-roberts-owes-us-his-opinion-on-presiding-over-impeachment/ … https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1353808414632194048 …
He was impeached, while president, for conduct as president. In the 1780s, that was a common way of treating impeachments. Even today, it's how criminal statutes are read dealing w/official misconduct.
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