Hans von Spakovsky: Impeachment trial after Trump leaves office is unconstitutional
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Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says that holding a Senate impeachment trial for a private citizen who is no longer in public office is unconstitutional and was what the Founding Fathers were trying to avoid after separating from England.
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