It pays to read the history. The impeachment power was based on British practice, which allowed impeaching former officers, as did Founding era states. The Hastings precedent, for example, was cited at the convention & the model of the "high crimes & misdemeanors" language. https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1353815752403517443 …
This assumes that we should criminalize all political offenses. Not the Founders' view.
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