Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
Why would they argue that? It does require a supermajority. Congress does not have the power under the Constitution to declare someone unable to pursue or hold future office except by impeachment. They could refuse to seat him if he ran for one of their houses and won, but they can't bar him from holding that office by doing so
If he is convicted, barring him from elected office takes a simple majority. The Republicans could play that perfectly; produce the vote to find him guilty and let the Democrats be the ones who hang him (figuratively I'm sad to say).