I believe this Portman ratio says it all:

[rgbecker]

3. Help me out here: Are we to ignore the Belknap impeachment and all the discussion

that occurred then about how people could simply resign to avoid impeachment?

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Belknap#House_corruption_investigation,_resignation_and_impeachment_(1876)|


The senate then as now voted they had jurisdiction even though he was a "Private Citizen" but also as now, they voted (by one vote) to acquit.

These QOP assholes are just using the jurisdiction issue to talk out of both sides of their mouths, hopefully losing only a few of their rabid supporters.