Senator Ossoff stated that offering presidential access in exchange for payments qualifies as an impeachable offense.

Ethics experts say Trump’s involvement in multiple crypto ventures could lead to conflicts of interest.

A Georgia senator has said that offering presidential access in exchange for payments qualifies as an impeachable offense.

The comment by Sen. John Ossoff comes after a constituent at a town hall asked why he and other Democrats aren’t pushing to impeach Trump.

“As strongly as I agree with you, ma’am, I regret if this is an unwelcome response, but my job is to be honest with you: The only way to achieve what you want to see achieved on gun policy is to have a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives,” Ossoff said.

“And the only way to have a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives is to win the House back in 2024. And to win the House back in 2024, we have to focus on the critical House races.”

Notably, the House of Representatives can vote to impeach any federal official, including the President, for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

The Senate then holds a trial to decide whether to remove the official from office. A two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is required to convict and remove an impeached official from office.

Trump was impeached twice during his first term, but was acquitted both times by the Senate.

After being accused of abusing his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019.

The Senate acquitted Trump of the impeachment charge on February 5, 2020.

Later in December 2019, Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

This time, he was impeached for inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6. The House voted to impeach Trump on one charge: “incitement of insurrection.”

The Senate acquitted Trump of the impeachment charge on February 13, 2021.