Name: Donald Trump's legal position explained | FT
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Donald Trump enjoyed powerful legal protections

Now that he has left office those shields have fallen away

and he faces a mountain of legal troubles as a private citizen.

He is the first president ever to be impeached twice and will

be tried by the Senate for inciting the mob that stormed

Impeachment carries no criminal penalties.

Ordinarily, the main punishment would be removal from office.

But Trump has already left the White House.

from holding public office again if the Senate convicts him.

A ban would prevent him from running for president again

is divided 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans,

A separate vote on banning him from office

Trump has less support among Republican senators

than he did during his first impeachment,

turn on him in sufficient numbers to convict.

Some Republicans are arguing that impeachment is designed

and so therefore Trump cannot be convicted because his term has

for officials to face an impeachment trial even

But impeachment may be the least of his worries.

As President Trump was immune from arrest and indictment

he also had the might of the Department of Justice

albeit a wealthy one with years of experience of court battles.

The primary threat he faces is a criminal investigation

into his tax affairs by the Manhattan District Attorney

But now that he has left office that investigation

He's also dealing with a pair of significant civil cases.

One is a civil probe by the New York Attorney General Letitia

The second is a lawsuit filed by the Washington, DC Attorney

Then there are the lawsuits brought by private individuals,

that the Department of Justice, under Joe Biden's

Trump on a variety of issues, like possible obstruction

or an examination of his role in whipping up

the crowd that attacked Congress earlier this month.

Michael Sherwin has already indicated that Trump's role

So now I'd like to invite John's wife, Jamie, to join us

as I grant John, I'm not sure you know this, a full pardon.

As president, Trump claimed the absolute power

The last president to leave under a similar cloud

of potential legal liability, Richard Nixon,

was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford.

Joe Biden, now president, has said he will not

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