prosecution unless he is first impeached by the house and then convicted by the senate. and that prompts this question. if a president trump were to order the assassination of a political rival using seal team 6, would a majority of the house of representatives vote to impeach him? would there be 67 u.s. senators willing to vote to convict him? let's restate this. according to trump and his team, he could use the u.s. military to assassinate a political rival and he could escape prosecution if 34 senators, republicans, were willing to acquit him for such an action. that prompted this from democratic senator brian schotts of hawaii. do you think 34 united states senators stand ready to vote to acquit? i don't know. honestly.