It is an impeachment to remove him from office not to try him and send him to prison. They don't have to convict him of actual treason or a coup. Inciting the people to act in a violent way to disrupt a Constitutional process and continually lying about the election and the phone call to GA (it was not a perfect phone call) are enough to impeach and convict in the court of Congress.
Sorry, I was not as clear on this as I thought. A simple majority is presumably needed after conviction.
Stochastic terrorism and Trump has been at it from day 1. But he went a step too far this time. Its 2/3 needed for the Senate to convict.
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Don't be surprised if Sleepy Joe makes a preemptive move and asks the House or at least the Senate to set the impeachment process aside as if he is the Pope or something. Probably Pelosi cannot be stopped because she wants to avenge personal stuff. Joe will do that under the guise of unity, healing, and staying focused in a national emergency and everyone will lap it up. The real story though is that he wants to fend off having his opponents looking into Biden Syndicate issues so he wants to try to set a precedent for letting bygones be bygones and hope that he can buy some protection by intervening in the impeachment process with his power of influence over the dems. And of course some of his nominees are going to be sticky wickets to get confirmed. Having a nasty, vindictive impeachment process for a president who has already left will not build him any good cheer for his nominees from republicans. If nominations can squeak by without their votes, then maybe that is not a factor. Then again...... It will get Joe off to a rocky start. This is Pelosi's last hurrah and she wants her legacy to show how that she kicked Trump in the balls twice. Not sure there is as much in it for Joe.