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One day after a mob, instigated by President Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol, disrupting the confirmation ceremony of the victory of Joe biden, in riots that left four dead, as the hours went by, the voices demanding the removal of the Republican President increased, either through impeachment or by invoking the 25th Amendment.
Although President Trump pledged Thursday to a “Orderly transition” After Congress ratified Joe Biden’s victory early Thursday morning, the political world in Washington was shocked by Wednesday’s events and the Democratic Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, along with the head of the Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Amendment 25, that allows him and a majority of the cabinet to declare the President “unfit” to exercise his functions and remove him from power.
If Pence refuses to act, they said Democrats were prepared to impeach Trump a second time during his term. “While there are only 13 days left, any day can be a horror show for the United States”said the California representative, calling Trump’s actions a “seditious act.”
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Schumer, for his part, wrote a statement in which he said that what happened in the Capitol was a “Insurrection against the United States, incited by the President.” “If the vice president and the cabinet refuse” to do so, “Congress must meet to initiate an impeachment process against the President,” added the New York senator. “This President should not hold office for another day,” he said in a statement.
Pelosi said she expected to have a response from Pence within the day on whether he would try to use the 25th Amendment. The two Democratic leaders tried to call Pence directly, but they stood in a waiting line for 20 minutes without the Vice President answering, The New York Times said.
Trump is due to hand over power to Joe Biden on January 20. According to some US media, members of the Republican President’s cabinet discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment on Wednesday night.
In addition to Democrats, among Republicans, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Already a critic of Trump, he also called for a path unprecedented in US history. “It is with great regret that I ask that the 25th Amendment be invoked for the good of our democracy.”he tweeted, accusing Trump of having “fanned the embers” of the violence.
Biden, meanwhile, criticized Trump for “inciting a crowd to attack the Capitol” and noted that if they were the protesters of the movement Black lives matter they would have done otherwise, “they would have been treated very, very differently.” The President-elect made these statements during the announcement of his candidate for attorney general and indicated that “in the last four years we have had a President who has made clear his contempt for our democracy, our Constitution and the rule of law in all that he has done. done”.
“It was unclear how quickly the Democrats could move to impeach Trump. There is no clear precedent for bringing a former official to trial in the Senate, and with only 13 days left in his term, it is not certain that Democrats could really pull off such a complicated and politically tense process on a tight schedule, ”the Newspaper.
The analyst the political scientist from George Washington University, Michael Maizal, noted that impeachment and impeachment, unlike the invocation of the 25th Amendment, would be a “much faster and more direct path under the current circumstances.”. “The debate in Congress would not be about his ability to perform the duties of the office, but about the crimes he has committed. In addition, Congress could remove the President and stipulate that he is not allowed to run again, “he told Third.
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On the other hand, in conversation with Third, the expert lawyer in political crises, James Robenalt, explained that he does not believe there is enough time for an impeachment. “There are procedures and both houses of Congress must consider, discuss and vote. The House of Representatives could probably impeach Trump quickly with a majority vote, but the Senate needs a two-thirds majority to convict him. “, Held.
In his view, there are two reasons why Pence and the Cabinet could invoke Amendment 25. The first is that they “perceive that Trump intends to continue inciting insurrection, which could turn into an armed insurrection.” While “the second would be if there is a serious concern that Trump may forgive those who participated in the insurrection or himself.” “Such pardons would be unacceptable to the American people, but difficult to litigate in court because the power of clemency is so broad and unlimited. They could see the need to take away his power to avoid the profound damage that such pardons would cause the Republican Party in the future, “he concluded.
