Message from President Biden to Democratic Senate leaders on ex President Trump
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Biden has never accepted Trump’s second ouster, though he has also refused to stand in the way of his party’s outrage over the former president’s involvement in the Jan. 6 mafia attack. to the Chapters.
Still, he and his team have always been aware of the risks of a trial so early in his tenure as he tries to win a deal with a $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
It is also clearer now that two weeks ago the removal will not end with Trump’s conviction.
This was questioned at first, but a Senate vote this week in which only five Republicans voted against filing a motion declaring the trial unconstitutional ensured the Senate would not win the two-thirds needed for the conviction.
Biden administration officials and allies close to the White House say the president will distance himself from Trump’s trial as it begins the second week of February.
“He’s going to let the Senate do what it has to do,” said an ally of Biden, close to the White House. “It simply came to our notice then. We always knew this would be the position we are in now with Republicans. And now he will respect the process and let it develop. “
The impeachment trial poses some risks to Biden and some Democrats had warned he could torpedo his initial agenda.
The best thing for Biden, now that the conviction for Trump seems to be off the table, is for the trial to begin and end so the Senate can quickly return to more full-time work on legislation and confirm Biden’s candidates.
“He has come to the White House with a strong message of unity and the last thing he wants is for the impeachment trial to define the first days of his presidency,” an ally said.
According to sources, Biden and his advisers have been in frequent contact with Democratic congressional leaders, and some members of Biden’s inner circle supported the removal.
After January 6 at the Capitol, Cedric Richmond
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But several prominent Democrats in both chambers expressed concern at the start of the trial over an indictment trial in the Senate that delays Biden’s agenda. They predicted that only a few Republican senators would eventually vote to condemn Trump.
“We already know the outcome before it starts and that’s frustrating for everyone,” a Democratic Senate aide said after this week’s vote on the senator-sponsored motion. Rand Paul
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James Clyburn (DS.C.), trial of the majority of the House, a key ally of Biden whose support was crucial in the 2020 election, advocated to wait after Biden’s first 100 days in office before to send an indictment to the Senate.
Throughout the Capitol, Sens. Tim Kaine
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Murphy said that “my private point of view was not necessarily that we should not hold a trial, but that we needed a couple of weeks to set up the cabinet and get COVID [relief] moving “.
Kaine said Friday that he raised initial concerns about “the likely outcome” of a trial.
“I felt as outrageous as the behavior was, and no matter how much accountability is needed, I didn’t see the way Republicans would get 17 votes to condemn,” he said. “I thought about it as soon as the House started doing it.
He said “the urgent need is to relieve COVID and I know Chuck feels the same way,” he added, referring to the Senate majority leader. Charles Schumer
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His. Joe Manchin
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Biden has never said anything critical publicly about the trial.
In fact, earlier this week he told CNN he thought “it should happen.”
Immediately after the riot, Biden noted that the decision was for lawmakers.
“What Congress decides to do is let them decide,” Biden said Jan. 8.
He said he understood the impact the removal could have on his next legislative agenda, but warned that there could be “a worse effect if it doesn’t happen.”
Kaine last week discussed with his colleagues what he calls a sentencing resolution that could later trigger a 14th Amendment ban on anyone who has participated in insurrection or rebellion to hold office.
He said the purpose is to draw conclusions about Trump inciting the insurgency and providing help and comfort to the enemies of the United States.
Kaine said he discussed his proposal with the senator. Chris Coons
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Democrats now realize that publicly questioning the point of a trial will only give Republican political ammunition and are preparing to make a second indictment in just over a year, though the outcome has been predetermined. .
“This is a process in which if the House does it and sends the papers, [in] in the Senate we have our hands tied, ”Kaine said.
He added that his fellow Democrats “want to see how the trial unfolds” before entertaining his sentencing resolution.