Schumer Scared, Reveals Backup Plan Upon Trump’s Acquittal
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday did not rule out bringing legislation to bar former President Donald Trump from office if he is not convicted at the ongoing Senate impeachment trial.
Democratic senators have discussed in recent weeks that if they cannot secure the 67 votes needed to convict Trump and bar him from holding office in a subsequent simple-majority vote that they might invoke the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to do the same.
Schumer, D‑N. Y., was asked about the possibility in a press conference ahead of the impeachment trial proceedings Thursday.