Washington.
the second political judgment against former U.S. President Donald Trump for “inciting insurrection” with the assault on the Capitol will formally begin the week of February 8, the leader of the Democratic majority said on Friday in the Senate, Chuck Schumer.
Schumer indicated that the accusations for the political trial will be sent to the upper room on Monday, January 25, and Tuesday, procedural issues and preparations for it will begin.
Previously, the head of the Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, Had called for a delay in the start of the political trial until mid-February to allow Trump’s defense to prepare.
Schumer indicated that he and McConnell will continue to negotiate the length and format of the impeachment process.
“But make no mistake, the trial will be held at the United States Senate“And there will be a vote on whether or not to ‘condemn’ the president,” the Democrat said.
“It will be a full trial, it will be a fair trial,” he defended.
The president of the House of Representatives, The progressive Nancy Pelosi, He had noted in a statement that he was “attentive to the equanimity of the process” and stressed that Trump will have the same time to prepare his defense as lawmakers who will act as “prosecutors” in the political judgment.
This will be the second “impeachment“As is known the process of dismissal in English against Trump, who came out on top from the first in early 2020 due to his pressure in Ukraine.
Trump, the first president in U.S. history to be subjected to two political trials, this time faces the charge of “inciting insurrection” by the violent assault on the Capitol on January 6 of a mob of his followers, who left five dead, among them a policeman.
Although the process will no longer be able to result in the removal of Trump, who left the White house on Wednesday, Democrats are confident it will result in the former president’s disqualification from holding future political office.
According to the rules of Senate, Any political trial must begin at 13.00 local time (18.00 GMT) the day after the time the lower room send to Alta the charge in question, known as the “impeachment” article.
However, the Senate has some flexibility to adapt the calendar.