DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Re-Indicted August 27, 2024)

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I doubt Mitch first checked with the GOP supreme court justices to see whether they agree.

The “party convicted” in an impeachment is exempt from the double jeopardy protection:

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Trump was aquitted in the Senate. If the Republicans on the Supreme Court want to help him a bit, they can point this out. Reading the constitution literally, they will be correct. And from a civil liberties perspective, I do not want to see the double-jeopardy clause diluted.

However, many charges against Trump are different from what he was impeached for. No double jeopardy issue there.