William Belknap

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/8/2021
  

  The Trump Trial Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without This Impeachment

  by Richard White

  The impeachment of Secretary of War William Belknap on 1876 seemed to have settled the question of whether an official's impeachment can be tried after they leave office in the affirmative. Today's Republican Party is ignoring the message.