Quote Originally Posted by Wraith View Post
I don't think the congress has anything to do with invoking that clause, unless they wanted to excuse him from it. He'd need to be convicted of insurrection in a criminal court for it to apply.
I don't think that has been clearly determined. Lawfare has one perspective:

https://www.lawfareblog.com/practica...y-donald-trump

They specifically cite a case of a person who was disqualified from holding office due to having previously fought for the Confederacy, and served as a governor in NC during the civil war, after first having served in Congress and taken an oath to uphold the Constitution. It is, of course, unclear whether that section would apply to Trump; no doubt his defenders would argue that the President is exempt.