- The House of Representatives, when they know they have a winning majority vote, should begin a third impeachment process. A majority vote means he has been impeached.
- The Senate then can lead in an impeachment trial presided by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
- If found guilty, the president is removed from office and may not be able to hold office again.
Could there be an understanding in stage two above that President Trump, if found guilty, would have an option of entering a hospital that has high quality mental health specialists*with the stipulation that until the specialists consider him well, all legal issues involving the president would be on hold? The costs of his stay would be free for him, paid by a special fund --to be determined. When considered well by the mental health team of specialists, he would return to Mar-a-Lago and spend time dealing with the many legal issues from his times as president, and from before.
Certainly, President Trump, if found guilty as in stage three above, could use this time with mental health specialists to heal,**and his lawyers could be preparing for his release.
Healing is key in this special case, not humiliation proposed by some opponents of President Trump.
*Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is one of the most specialized hospitals with a qualified team of mental health specialists.
**The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump (2017, Thomas Dunne Books) contains essays by 27 psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health specialists. Ten more were added in the 2019 edition (Saint Martin’s Press).
Thanks to Wikipedia for some data in the above op-ed.
