House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) shows a signed indictment article against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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The House will deliver the article of dismissal against former President Donald Trump in the Senate on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday.
The action will start the process for the second trial that the former president has faced for allegations of high crimes and misdemeanors. Although Trump has already left the White House, the Senate can vote to ban him from holding office again if he decides to convict him.
The House earlier this month accused Trump of inciting an insurgency against the government by inflaming a crowd that attacked the Capitol on January 6th. The riot that disrupted President Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress left five dead, including a Capitol police officer. official.
The Senate will need 67 votes to condemn Trump. If the 50 Democrats support the conviction, they will need 17 Republicans to join.
After Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Expressed concern that Trump did not have enough time to defend himself. He had asked the House to submit the article on Thursday to ensure “a complete and fair process”.
Trump has hired South Carolina attorney Butch Bowers to defend him during the trial. The nine dismissal managers who will defend the House case are Democratic representatives: Maryland’s Jamie Raskin, Colorado’s Diana DeGette, Rhode Island’s David Cicilline, Texas’ Joaquin Castro, Eric Swalwell and Ted Lieu of California, Stacey Plaskett, the U.S. Virgin Islands delegate Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Joe Neguse of Colorado.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who did not say Thursday when her chamber would forward the article to the Senate, argued that directors should not prepare as much evidence for the second trial as last year.
“This year, everyone witnessed the president’s incitement, the execution of his call to action, and the violence that was used,” the California Democrat told reporters Thursday.
Schumer said he has spoken to McConnell about “the timing and duration of the trial,” but gave no details on how long it will last. The Democratic leader aims to balance the dismissal with the confirmation of Biden cabinet members and the passage of a coronavirus relief bill.
“The Senate has to do and will do all three,” he said Friday.
The first trial Trump faced last year on charges of abuse of power and obstruction in Congress lasted about three weeks. The Republican Senate acquitted him.
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