Congress can't impeach the president to hold the indictment over him for the rest of his term. Otherwise they would do that on day 1 -- and the timeframe makes it make less sense here, not more. If dems impeach again then just convict him for gods sake. Is there a reason to keep Trump as the face of the Republican party for another 8 years?

You've lost me. They'd be impeaching because he incited a violent mob to raid the Capitol, which didn't happen on day 1 of his term.

Sorry. He would be indicted for causing the riot on Jan 6, and I think you were saying the Senate could use that to keep him in line until the end of his term. But if he starts destroying evidence or something and they go ahead with the conviction, he's effectively removed for something the House did not impeach him for.

So day 1 was an exaggeration but yeah, the House could indict a president much earlier on if ultimately the point is to let the Senate keep the reigns on him for everything thereafter.

And in addition to the fact that this aught to be illegal, I don't think it makes sense as a scenario. With this House/Senate/Presidency, the same threat of conviction by the Senate is always there, because as soon as the Senate signals they'll convict Trump the House'll impeach Trump.

And also the fact that all the other plans to "reign Trump in" over the years led Senate Republicans to exactly where they were on Wednesday, with Trump sending rioters to their chamber, gallows erected outside and a neo-Viking sitting in Pence's chair. If they're not going to acquit again then I don't understand why they wouldn't just be done with Trump and convict him on this rather than something later in the week.