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The relevant bits of Article 1 Section 3 state that:

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States

This seems to imply that, if convicted, the Senate may then choose to remove the president, or to bar them from holding future offices. It is not immediately clear that a conviction necessarily implies either of these punishments.

Does impeachment conviction necessarily imply removal from office?

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Article II, Section 4 of The Constitution says

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Removal therefore follows automatically from conviction.

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