A two-thirds majority is required in the Senate to vote on charges.

US Domestic Policy

More and more US lawmakers support impeachment process against Trump

WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2021 (MTI / Reuters) – More and more people in the U.S. legislature are supporting the launch of a constitutional impeachment proceeding against outgoing President Donald Trump, but it is far from certain that Democratic MPs take the initiative. the necessary support from Republican deputies, local press reported on Sunday.

Democrat Ted Lieu said 190 lawmakers have so far garnered support for the impeachment process.

“We have videos of the speech that Trump set the crowd on fire. We have videos of the crowd attacking the Capitol,” he wrote on Twitter.

Republican Senator Pat Toomey expressed the view that Trump should resign in the interest of the country as soon as possible. On Friday, his party colleague, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, made a similar statement.

Another Republican senator, Ben Sasse, said he would consider voting on the impeachment process because he said Trump had broken his oath.

A two-thirds majority in the Senate is required to vote on charges against Trump, which would require the vote of seventeen Republican lawmakers.

Even if Trump’s guilt is found only after his term, Congress could bar him from holding federal public office, which would mean that he could not run in the 2024 presidential election.

Donald Trump was indicted once last year, but was later acquitted in the Republican-majority Senate. So far there has been no example of impeachment on two occasions against a US president.

More and more people in the US legislature support the launch of a constitutional impeachment process against outgoing President Donald Trump, but it is not certain that Democratic MPs will have the necessary support from Republican MPs, local press reported Sunday.

Democrat Ted Lieu said 190 lawmakers have so far garnered support for the impeachment process.

“We have videos of the speech that Trump set the crowd on fire. We have videos of the crowd attacking the Capitol,” he wrote on Twitter.

Republican Senator Pat Toomey expressed the view that Trump should resign in the interest of the country as soon as possible. On Friday, his party colleague, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, made a similar statement.

Another Republican senator, Ben Sasse, said he would consider voting on the impeachment process because he said Trump had broken his oath.

A two-thirds majority in the Senate is required to vote on charges against Trump, which would require the vote of seventeen Republican lawmakers.

Even if Trump’s guilt is only found after his term, Congress could bar him from holding federal public office, which would mean that he would not be able to run in the 2024 presidential election.

Donald Trump was indicted once last year, but was later acquitted in the Republican-majority Senate. So far there has been no example of impeachment on two occasions against a US president.



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