Impeachment Trial of Citizen Trump Begins Tomorrow

The timeline (New York Magazine).

This Washington Post article lays out the Democrats’ thinking (Washington Post).  The Democrats think that when Mr Trump spoke to his supporters on January 6, that was a crime.  

See & read the transcript of Mr Trump's speech here (Al Jazeera)

From Florida Congressman Bill Posey: "Now that President Trump’s term has ended and he is a private citizen, the impeachment articles are irrelevant, and the case is moot. The U.S. Constitution limits impeachment jurisdiction to the current president, vice president and sitting federal civil office holders. Additionally, the Constitution prescribes a punishment that shall not go beyond removal from office with the possibility of being disqualified from holding office in the future. Since President Trump no longer holds office, the penalty if convicted is meaningless. It’s politics at its worst and will only serve to further divide our nation (Townhall).

What should disquiet any thinking person is that 1. Mr Trump is now an private citizen, and 2. a private citizen is about to stand trial for a political charge.   If a political charge is enough to try and possibly convict a private citizen, the American Democracy is dying.  The American Democrats are killing it.