Impeachment is not a criminal procedure. Neither the Constitution nor legal scholars suggest that double jeopardy attaches if the Senate fails to convict and remove a president simply because it refuses to hear available testimony or receive other evidence.
The House of Representatives should immediately begin another impeachment hearing.
Paul Beach
Kennebunk
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