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Marco Rubio questions whether Trump impeachment sets ‘new precedent’ that could target Hillary Clinton

Could the Democratic Party’s pursuit of another Trump impeachment have consequences for one of their own? That is exactly what Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) suggested could happen.

During former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial on Friday, Rubio asked whether retroactively using the Constitution’s impeachment mechanisms against Trump would create a ripple effect allowing other former government officials to be impeached and face a Senate trial.

In his question, Rubio asked about a “former secretary of state,” a clear reference to Hillary Clinton.

In response, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager, claimed the “jurisdictional issue is over.”

Michael van der Veen, one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys, disagreed.

He told Rubio that Democrats are setting a precedent that could not only be applied to the “former secretary of state,” but “to a lot of people and that’s not the way this is supposed to work and not only could it happen to a lot of people, it would become much more regular, too.”

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