‘Disqualification Without Conviction’ Is Emerging as a Democratic Strategy

Party is prepared to proceed even though the 45th president was actually acquitted — found to be ‘not guilty’ — of incitement to insurrection.

AP/Jose Luis Magana, file
The Capitol on January 6, 2021. AP/Jose Luis Magana, file

The decision by the January 6 committee to refer President Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution for incitement to insurrection could emerge as a landmark in efforts to disqualify the former president from office, regardless of whether indictments are handed up — or verdicts brought in.

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