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Donald Trump will step down from office on January 20 (Photo: REUTERS / Cheriss May / File Photo)
Trump’s impeachment was backed by 232 lawmakers, including 10 Republicans. Now the resolution, in which Trump is accused of inciting the insurrection, will be presented to the Senate.
The Senate will meet to consider the resolution no earlier than January 19. Perhaps the Senate meeting on the resolution will take place after Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20.
Democrats formally presented the draft of this resolution in the House of Representatives on January 11.
Previously, the House of Representatives passed a resolution asking Vice President Mike Pence to apply the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove Donald Trump early.
Donald Trump is the only president of the United States to be indicted a second time. For the first time, the impeachment procedure was announced after Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called for reopening the investigation into Burisma, with which the son of Democrat Joe Biden Hunter is associated.
The US president was accused of pressuring Zelensky to dirty Biden, the House of Representatives indicted him, but the Senate acquitted him completely.
What happened at the United States Capitol on January 6?
On January 6, 2021, the United States Congress met to endorse Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. However, the meeting had to be interrupted when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Congress building.
Trump soon asked his supporters to disperse, but went on to claim that «the elections were stolen ”and what he understands «your pain. “
The police managed to get the protesters out of the Capitol. During the clashes, four protesters and a policeman were killed and dozens of people were arrested.
Subsequently, a joint meeting of the two houses of Congress was resumed in the Capitol, in which the results of the presidential elections and Biden’s victory were officially approved.
Donald Trump confirmed the peaceful transfer of power to Biden, but refused to attend his inauguration.
