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Democrats file charges against Trump, First step towards the beginning of political judgment
They filed an indictment against Trump for “inciting insurrection.”
Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday took the first step toward a possible second political trial of President Donald Trump, if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet does not remove him from office.
The Democrats, who control the House of Representatives, introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives lower chamber asking Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, Which allows the removal of a president who is considered unfit for office.
As expected, Republicans blocked an immediate vote on the resolution and Democrats then went on to file an indictment against Trump for “inciting insurrection” for his role in Wednesday’s Capitol takeover. part of his supporters.
This first act toward the start of a new political trial of the Republican president takes place nine days before Trump leaves the White House and Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th. president of the United States.
Democratic Congresswoman Steny Hoyer of Maryland introduced the resolution calling on Pence to appeal the 25th Amendment and declare Trump “Unable to perform the duties of his office.”
But West Virginia Republican Alex Mooney opposed approving the resolution by “unanimous consent,” so it will be put to a vote Tuesday.
After Republicans blocked the resolution, Democrats filed the indictment, initiating proceedings toward a new Trump’s “impeachment”.
The Republican president was accused by Democrats in December 2019 of pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, who appeared as his main body, for alleged corruption. political rival. Trump was eventually acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate.
The rules of the Senate assume that the upper room he probably could not start a political trial before January 19th.
But Democrats, who will take control of the Senate after Jan. 20, could seek Trump’s conviction even after he leaves the White House, to prevent him from running for federal office again.