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Majority Leader of the Republicans in the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell – Photo: REUTERS
According to the CNBC On January 9, McConnell made a note to his colleagues, stating that the Senate could not proceed with impeachment until at least January 19, just one day before Biden would testify. oath (20-1).
According to McConnell, the Senate is currently in a no-meeting stage and only does a few matrices every 3 days. The next sessions are on January 12 and 15.
McConnell also said that conducting any activity, including the impeachment process, in these regular sessions required the unanimous approval of all 100 senators.
Until now, the Senate is still controlled by Republicans, and finding such an absolute consensus would be next to impossible.
Recently, the meeting to count the electoral votes was held in the US Congress building, and confirmed that Biden won the 2020 election.
The January 6 meeting was tense as protesters supporting President Trump flooded Washington, including militants who entered the United States Parliament building, resulting in 5 deaths.
Public opinion was boiling, asserting that Mr. Trump must be responsible for “inciting” this intrusion on Capitol Hill. Today, many Democrats and Republicans are calling on Trump to step down and consider impeachment of the president.
The pressure on President Trump has increased in the past 24 hours. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (Democratic Party), on the night of January 8 (US time) threatened to impeach the outgoing Republican president if he did not “immediately resign.”
Newspaper New York Times He said that after a three-and-a-half-hour phone conversation with Democrats, Pelosi said she had directed the Legal Committee (a committee of the US House of Representatives) to prepare for Trump’s impeachment process.
The US House of Representatives is likely to hold a decisive vote on impeachment next week. “The members hope that the president will resign immediately. If he does not, I have also directed the Legal Committee to prepare for that,” Pelosi said.
The aforementioned illegal intrusion on Capitol Hill has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans, and shows signs that Trump is being shunned by his “teammates.” Senator Lisa Murkowski is the Republican member of the Senate in the latest call for Trump to resign.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican Party, Alaska) – Photo: REUTERS
For now, Trump’s ability to avoid being indicted a second time will depend on bargaining by lawmakers. President-elect Biden confirmed on 8-1 that the decision will belong to the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy called on the two sides to “calm down,” saying he will contact Biden to discuss the healing and unification of America.
McCarthy did not defend Trump, but said impeaching the current president would not be of much benefit. “Challenging a president with 12 days left will only further divide our country,” he said.
Not only does he seem weak in real life, but he is also isolated on social media. Twitter permanently blocked his account, following several accusations that misinformation and provocation by the President of the United States on social media led to the Capitol riots.
The social network Facebook also announced that it will temporarily block your account. Meanwhile, Apple and Google are known to threaten and remove Parler from the app store. Parler is considered by the media to be the most popular social network among conservatives and extremists today.
