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The council seeks to condemn Trump for inciting the insurgency that has prevented the peaceful transfer of power (Getty)
The United States Senate, at the end of a vote that took place on Tuesday, approved the constitutionality of the trial it launched that same day to accuse former President Donald Trump, accused of “inciting rebellion.”
By a majority of 56 senators to 44, the House voted to make the trial constitutional and thus proceed with the proceedings to impeach the former president even after his term expired, he left the White House and returned to being a normal citizen.
Six Republican lawmakers have joined Democrats in supporting the argument that impeaching Trump is a permitted procedure under the U.S. Constitution despite leaving office.
On Tuesday, the United States Senate was the second trial of former President Donald Trump accused of “inciting” his followers to attack the Capitol building on January 6.
The historic trial of the former Republican president began with a minute of silence, followed by the beginning of the vote on a resolution detailing the framework for the discussions.
The House of Representatives indicted Trump last month for his role in the assault on the United States Capitol building on January 6 by a crowd of his supporters. In the first such trial against a former president, all 100 members of the Senate will serve as a jury.
Trump’s legal team on Monday condemned the trial, saying it was a violation of the constitution and that it was “absurd” to hold the former president responsible for the violence. But the Democratic lawmakers who are in charge of the prosecution in Trump’s trial considered that the former president committed “the most serious violation of the constitution” in the presidential history of 232 years, by inciting his supporters to storm Congress.
The trial is taking place as most parts of the Capitol remain closed and under tight security a month after the riots. The arguments begin on Wednesday, during which each party receives 16 hours spread over two days.
Then the members of the Senate ask questions on both sides, and if any party wants to subpoena witnesses, the matter is put to the vote with the need to obtain a majority of votes. Note that Trump rejected a request sent by Democratic prosecutors to hear his testimony under oath.
Trump has been hurt politically, in part, by his adherence to allegations of voter fraud. But he still has weight in the Republican Party. Having been accused of “incitement to revolt”, he is likely to avoid conviction given the loyalty he enjoys in the Senate, but his lawyers stated in their documents, which were delivered on the eve of the trial, that the constitution does not grant him the Chamber of Representatives the power to judge a former president.
“The Senate must quickly reject this brazen political act,” wrote attorneys David Schon, Bruce Castor and Michael T. van der Vein, because “it is clear that this is not what the framers wanted or what the constitution allows.” They added that “responding to the thirst of the Democrats in the House of Representatives for this political game is a threat to democracy and the rights we hold dear.”
We leave it to the senate
On Monday, President Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump on January 20, declined to address the question of whether Trump should be indicted or barred from holding public office in the future.
Later, White House spokeswoman Gene Saki told reporters that Biden was running against Trump in 2020 “because he felt he (Trump) was not eligible for the job.” But he added that the president “will let the Senate consider the course of this trial.”
In the event that Trump is found guilty of the charge against him and the conviction requires a two-thirds majority, the Senate will subsequently hold a simple majority vote to prevent him from holding public office in the future.
And the Democratic lawmakers who are in charge of prosecuting Trump’s trial say: “His efforts to evade his responsibility are futile, referring to the request presented by his lawyers, noting that the” evidence “against him is” irrefutable. “
Chief Prosecutor Jimmy Raskin said: “Your conviction for inciting rebellion against the US government, which prevented the peaceful transfer of power, is the most serious constitutional crime committed by a president.”
Conservative loyalty
The trial is taking place in the same room the rioters stormed, threatening the lives of lawmakers backing Biden’s victory.
The prosecution team previously said that Trump, who addressed his supporters in Washington shortly before the attack, was “individually responsible” for the riots that killed five people.
The acquittal of Trump, who narrowly escaped conviction in his first impeachment trial in 2020, could do great harm to American democracy, they said.
But convicting him requires the votes of more than two-thirds of the Senate – that is, 17 Republicans secede and 50 Democrats unite, which is nearly impossible.
Although Trump still has a solid foundation; Public support for his conviction is now stronger than at his first trial, according to a new poll from Ipsos and ABC News.
(Brush from France)
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