It is the great power that President Trump still enjoys that the Democrats refer to when they now want to proceed with a new Supreme Court trial against the president, referring to the fact that they are worried about what the president will come up with.
Already on Monday, they will present the charges that, among other things, are expected to be "encouragement to rebellion".
The Supreme Court functions much like a criminal investigation, where the House of Representatives is the prosecutor who decides whether to prosecute the president, and the senate is the court that then acquits or convicts.
However, the outgoing Speaker of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, has stated in an internal statement to colleagues that the Senate will not be able to reconvene for a possible Supreme Court until after the presidential inauguration on 20 January.
So, why do Democrats keep pushing?
Because there is another very good reason for them to have President Trump sentenced in a Supreme Court.
It disqualifies him from ever running in a new presidential election again.
Trump has clearly flirted with the idea of running again in the 2024 election in talks with his staff.
Only one has succeeded before
Throughout American history, only one person has succeeded in becoming president in two terms that have not been consecutive, Grover Cleveland in 1892. Preventing Donald Trump from campaigning in the next few years would be a gift from above for Democrats who know how skilled Trump has been. on just that.
A Donald Trump who cannot stand for re-election may also seem attractive to some Republicans who are themselves interested in running in the election in four years.
Now that Trump's grip on the Republican Party has weakened sharply after the attack on the Capitol, there is more political leeway for many in the party.
Should Trump be brought to justice, he will be the first president in US history to do so twice during the same term.
There are very good reasons for Trump himself to avoid a conviction in a Supreme Court.
Will probably be prosecuted by the House of Representatives
The "Former Presidents Act" of 1958 states that former presidents are entitled to a whole host of benefits.
A pension of almost two million kronor a year, health insurance and even employees and workspaces.
In addition, you have the right to continued protection from the Secret Service for as long as you wish.
But the law has an exception.
All benefits are withdrawn if you are convicted in a national court.
For Trump, this would also mean that he can no longer send the invoice to the taxpayers when the Secret Service lives at his various facilities around the world, something that has so far cost the taxpayers and given the Trump companies revenue of almost ten million kroner.
Trump is likely to be indicted by the House of Representatives, but in the Senate, a qualified majority, that is, two-thirds of the Senate, is required for him to be convicted.
A year ago, it was not even close, as Republicans largely voted to oust the president.
But several Republicans in the Senate have now said they are ready to consider overthrowing the president, something that will probably only be decided after Trump leaves the presidency.