The clearest and most constitutionally appropriate way to do this is for the House to impeach President Trump, and then for the Senate to vote to disqualify him from holding any future federal public office. The power of Congress to disqualify an impeached president from holding office has received less attention through history than the power of Congress to remove a president from office. The Constitution is clear that after a House majority vote to impeach and a two-thirds Senate vote to convict, the president is removed from office. Congress can do that by impeaching President Trump, convicting him, then disqualifying him from holding public office again. Even if the House does not impeach Trump within the next two weeks, Congress should still move to impeach and disqualify him after he has left office.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2021 20:30 UTC