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Vice President Pence is said to have 24 hours to depose Trump. Otherwise, the Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings.
Donald Trump is already one of three US presidents who have had to undergo impeachment proceedings. Now he is also threatened with a unique and ignominious sales pitch: If the Democrats in Congress follow through on their threat, and all points to it, Trump will become the first head of state in the US against whom they have been opened two such procedures.
Another novelty: If the impeachment process really begins, it should only be completed when the president-elect is no longer in the White House. From a Democratic perspective, impeachment is inevitable.
Final Deadline for Vice President Mike Pence
Democrats now want to push for possible impeachment against Trump at lightning speed. First, Vice President Mike Pence will be given a final deadline to take the necessary steps to impeach Trump, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday.
Legend:
Nancy Pelosi (right) takes Vice President Mike Pence (left) into office – she’s supposed to initiate Trump’s impeachment by his cabinet. Otherwise, a political trial will begin.
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The basis is the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, according to which the Vice President, along with the majority of the important members of the cabinet, can declare the President incapable of “exercising the rights and duties of office.” The chances seem slim: Republican Pence has been ignoring the demands of top Democrats for days.
The performances would begin on January 20
In a next step, the resolution by Democrat Ted Lieu and his colleagues aims to start the parliamentary impeachment procedure. The House of Representatives could decide on the opening this week, the simple majority needed is predictable.
The process itself, which resembles a judicial process, would be carried out by the Senate, the other chamber of Congress. The Senate will not meet again until January 19. According to impeachment rules, proceedings could begin on January 20 at 1:00 pm at the earliest. An hour before Trump’s term ends with Biden’s inauguration.
Trump could no longer run in 2024
If the Senate passed a verdict, the Trump era would be history. The Democrats’ approach seems symbolic at first glance, but there is more: the resolution not only provides for Trump’s removal from office, but, in a second step, also bans him for life in all government offices. It would be the end of politician Trump, who could otherwise run for president again in 2024.
What are the possibilities?
The Democrats’ chances of success are probably pretty slim. No president has been removed from office in the history of the United States. Trump was also acquitted by the Senate last February in his first trial over the so-called Ukraine issue because his Republicans still had a majority in the parliamentary chamber at the time.
Since 1798, when the first trial with the impeachment of a senator was held, the Senate not only removed the defendant from office in three cases, but also issued a suspension from office. Federal judges were affected in each case.
