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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Former President of the United States Donald Triumph officially resigned from the White House after his successor, Joe biden, officially appointed to replace him on Wednesday (1/20).
Despite his resignation, the U.S. House of Representatives insists on continuing Trump’s impeachment.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump’s impeachment should continue despite the current US administration in the hands of President Joe Biden calling for American unity in his inaugural address.
On a 232-197 vote, the US House of Representatives agreed to impeach Trump a second time shortly after the president’s supporters rioted at the Capitol Hill Building, Washington DC, on January 6.
The US House of Representatives and many other parties see Trump as more or less involved in instigating the riots that left a Capitol Hill cop and four other people dead.
Pelosi has also formed a team of Trump impeachment managers made up of members of the US House of Representatives. The team of managers will act as Trump’s prosecutor at his Senate impeachment hearing.
To date, Trump is the only president to have been impeached twice by the United States House of Representatives.
He was indicted by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019 because he was deemed to have abused his authority by trying to pressure Ukraine in his interests to overthrow Joe Biden, who was then his opponent in the U.S. elections.
Consequences for Trump
If Trump is found guilty in an impeachment hearing in the Senate, it will be the first for the United States.
Because, until now, no president has been indicted and convicted by the Senate after the end of his term. Quoted Gulf NewsPresident Biden also brought the issue of Trump’s allegations to the United States Department of Justice.
So far, there have been three US Presidents who have been impeached by Congress (US House of Representatives and Senate). The three presidents are Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Trump himself.
Meanwhile, President Richard Nixon said he would resign before the US House of Representatives decided to prosecute him.
Reported The Washington Post, a president of the United States can be charged and convicted after leaving the White House.
However, the Senate can decide impeachment and charges against Trump with a minimum of two-thirds of the votes or 67 out of 100 votes. In this case, it will take all the votes of the Senate from the Democratic Party and at least 17 Republicans from the Senate.
The decision of Trump’s impeachment hearing in the Senate is necessary for Congress to convict the former president and prevent Trump from running again in the next presidential election.
“I believe that an event like this has never occurred in the history of the United States. Even if it is forced, it is not certain that the defectors of the Republican Party agree,” said Professor of International Relations at the University of Padjajaran, Teuku. Rezasyah. to CNNIndonesia.com on Friday (1/22).
However, it is not yet known what legal impact Trump will experience if he is impeached by the Senate.
Quoted ABC NewsSo far, Vanderbilt University law professor Suzanna Sherry has said only that Trump could face a series of punishments that could ruin the future of his political career.
The boomerang of Biden’s reign
Rezasyah assessed that the impeachment process seemed forced only to humiliate Trump.
“The Democrats have legally won. There should be no need to show an arrogant attitude to embarrass Donald Trump. This incident seems only to want to embarrass Trump,” Rezasyah said.
Rather than dissuading Trump, Rezasyah sees this impeachment as damaging to the Biden administration because it can spark political divisions and make American citizens worse.
Not only that, if the impeachment fails, this could be a bad image for the Democratic Party in the future.
“This incident seems only to want to embarrass Trump. Trump’s impeachment has the potential to hurt Joe Biden himself because it could exacerbate the long-running horizontal conflict in America,” Rezasyah said.
Rezasyah also predicted that impeachment was unlikely to continue in the Senate. According to him, the Senate did not dare to take the worst risk.
“For Trump, he does not feel a loss. Because he has a lot of confidence. Trump in his last speech affirmed that he had laid the economic foundations that the Democrats would enjoy during the first quarter of his leadership. In the meantime, the Democratic Party could lose a lot,” he said Rezasyah.
(rds / dea)
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