Pardons don't cover impeachment.

[cactuswatcher]

The house will most likely impeach Trump again next week. Could the Senate try him after he's out of office? There are differing opinions.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/can-trump-be-tried-senate-impeachment-charges-even-after-he-n1253544

I believe, most likely he can be tried for the following reason: Even though he would be beyond making any governmental decisions, he would still gain all the benefits of having been President, including a healthy pension and a life-time of secret service protection. As far as I know a conviction and following judgement could result in him being barred from ever holding Federal office again and possibly strip him of his "retirement perks." Stripping him of secret service protection sounds cruel, but if he's anywhere near as rich as he claims he could pay for his own protection.

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[shadowkat]

A couple of things? A pardon doesn't protect from a State crime. Moving to Florida doesn't protect him from New York. Florida isn't a foreign country, it's a State, it can't prevent that. Nor can it stop Georgia, it's next door neighbor from extraditing him.

In the United States, the pardon power for offenses against the United States is granted to the President of the United States under Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution which states that the President "shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment". The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted this language to include the power to grant pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, conditional commutations of sentence, remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites, and amnesties.[42]

The pardon power of the President applies only to convictions under federal law.[43] Additionally, the power extends to military court-martial cases as well as convictions in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[43]

Almost all pardon petitions are addressed to the President, who grants or denies the request. In some cases, the President will, of his own accord, issue a pardon.[44] Typically, applications for pardons are referred for review and non-binding recommendation by the Office of the Pardon Attorney, an official of the United States Department of Justice.[45]

He can't be pardoned from Impeachment, and he can't be pardoned from State Crimes. And only the President has the power.