“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
What PolitiFact found
This is a point of constitutional debate, but the majority of scholars believe impeachment authority extends to a president who has left office.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Scott Walker (Former Wisconsin governor, Republican) made this claim around 26 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 January 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Scott Walker has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
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