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“I do not believe that such an approach is in the best interest of our nation and in accordance with our constitution,” Pence said Tuesday in a letter published in Washington to the Speaker of the House of Congress, Nancy Pelosi.
The previous day, the vice president announced that he did not want to apply the 25th amendment to the Constitution after Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol. This article allows the removal of the head of state by the vice president and the majority of the cabinet if they consider him incapable of exercising the position.
Pence sent his letter to Pelosi shortly before a planned House vote on a resolution asking her to implement the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Since Pence refuses to do so, the Democratic-controlled chamber of future President Joe Biden will vote on the start of a new impeachment trial in Congress against Trump. This could probably already happen on Wednesday.
The first MPs for Trump’s Republicans have now announced that they will vote for the impeachment process. “I am going to vote for impeachment against the president,” said No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives Liz Cheney. Republican MPs John Katko and Adam Kinzinger also announced their vote in favor of what is known as impeachment – the House of Representatives files charges, which then leads to impeachment proceedings in the Senate.
A simple majority is sufficient for impeachment. It is unclear how many Republicans will vote for the impeachment. According to media reports, it could be between 10 and 20. According to the plans of the Democrats, the outgoing president will be charged with “inciting a riot.” He had given an enthusiastic speech to his supporters before the storm on Capitol Hill last Wednesday.
It is highly unlikely that the impeachment process could begin before the end of Trump’s term on Wednesday of next week. However, it can still take place after Trump leaves office. However, the formal Senate condemnation of Trump requires a two-thirds majority, which is considered very difficult to achieve.
The start of the new impeachment process would be a great embarrassment to Trump. It would be the first president in the history of the United States against whom two impeachment processes were initiated. The first such trial was held over the issue of his efforts to obtain campaign aid from Ukraine. It resulted in Trump’s acquittal in February 2020 by the Senate, which was later ruled by his Republicans.
