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Your ignorance on this topic is clear. Impeachment is not a conviction, it is the accusation, an indictment. From Wikipedia:
“Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official. Impeachment does not in itself remove the official definitively from office; it is similar to an indictment in criminal law, and thus it is essentially the statement of charges against the official. Whereas in some countries the individual is provisionally removed, in others they can remain in office during the trial. Once an individual is impeached, they must then face the possibility of conviction on the charges by a legislative vote, which is separate from the impeachment, but flows from it, and a judgment which convicts the official on the articles of impeachment entails the official’s definitive removal from office.”
What is going on now is an impeachment inquiry - an investigation to collect evidence. Trump has not yet been impeached (charged.). If he is impeached, there will be a hearing, (“going to court”) and the senate will vote on whether to convict.
When the police suspect a crime, they conduct an investigation, then press charges, then the accused goes on trial. We are in the investigation stage and you are asking why there hasn’t been a trial.
You are missing the fact that Trump is supposed to prove himself innocent, rather than be found guilty. This was planned from day one and is even proven in correspondence and texts.
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