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One other interesting question is the effect such a double jeopardy defense based on President Trump's Senate acquittal could have on the expected forthcoming indictment in Georgia related to the claim that President Trump illegally demanded that the "secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger [...] 'find' enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results." The allegations concerning this phone call were included in both the 2021 impeachment article (where the above quote comes from) and Special Counsel Smith's indictment (¶31 f., p.16).

Does the impeachment acquittal preclude criminal charges based on that allegation, even though that particular allegation wasn't necessary to find the President not guilty of "incitement of an 'insurrection'"?

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