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The democracy, unity and human rights of Motoo Unno
February 17, 2021
Motoo Unno (Professor, Meiji University, Doctor of Psychology)
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The subject this time is “impeachment trial against Trump, three questions.” Trump’s second impeachment trial in the United States Senate (constant 100) was a quick verdict that was acquitted in just five days. Although it did not reach 67, two-thirds of the members required for impeachment, seven from the opposition Republican Party rebelled and 57 bipartisans voted for Trump.
What is the real reason that former President Donald Trump was acquitted? Why didn’t Trump immediately help life-threatening Vice President Mike Pence? Why did President Joe Biden stay away from impeachment?
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Why was Trump acquitted?
The key to determining whether former President Trump would be convicted was Mitch McConnell, the head of the Republican Senate. Mitch McConnell voted not guilty of the January 6 invasion of the United States Capitol, despite claiming that Trump had sparked a riot. The main reason for this was that McConnell said it was unconstitutional to impeach Trump, who had retired from the presidency.
The Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, argued against McConnell’s Secretary of State: The House of Representatives indicted Mr. Trump on January 13, and on January 15, nine Democratic members of the House of Representatives, Those who act as managers of impeachment (equivalent to the role of a prosecutor), sent a resolution that establishes the provisions of “incitement to riots”. I subjected it to.
However, McConnell’s general business did not accept him due to the recess. He rejected impeachment during his tenure as President Trump and deliberately postponed his retirement. In doing so, it can be argued that the impeachment of the retired president is unconstitutional. McConnell would have made a political calculation that he could only beat the Democratic Party in terms of constitutional theory.
Despite being able to summon a senator before the presidential inauguration on January 20, McConnell had to carry out an impeachment trial after his retirement to make an “excuse” for Trump’s innocence … As he continued to raise the session there, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Peroshi, escalated in a press conference after the acquittal. As a result, the impeachment momentum against Trump stalled, and even the impeachment opportunity was declared “stolen.”
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pelosi, harshly criticized McConnell’s Secretary of State for being “dishonest.” I am convinced that behind Trump’s innocence is the political and strategic use of McConnell’s impeachment schedule.
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