What would happen if Trump gets impeached before he is sworn in?

I think that as President elect he would have to be impeached before any kind of charges can be laid against. But I'm still wondering what would happen if he wasn't sworn in. Would Obama stay in office until a new election could be held. Cheers!

Yes

Ok so suppose he is charged with a crime of treating National security or election tampering - could Obama refuse to swear him in? Cheers!

Hello again, N:

Obama doesn't swear him in..  The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court does.

excon

Ok can the Chief Justice refuse to swear him in? lm really hoping Trump won't get in and the thought of him getting in is dampening my Christmas jolliness so I'd like some kind of a ray of hope that Trump won't get a chance to ruin the New Year. Cheers! This post was edited by Nanoose at December 12, 2016 11:30 AM MST

Hello N:

Constitutionally, NOBODY can stop him.  He's gonna BE the president..  That doesn't mean you give up the good fight..  It means you hunker down, and fight harder.

excon

Well, the electors could, technically.

Interesting link:

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/key-dates.html

The constitution does not specify who has to swear in the president, although the chief justice is pretty much the guy.

Since the constitution requires that the president take the oat of office as specified in the constitution, and since the supreme court "is the final judge in all cases involving laws of Congress, and the highest law of all — the Constitution;" I suspect the chief justice would not refuse to do so.