Trump’s political trial will begin in the second week of February

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Washington – The second political trial against the former president Donald Trump to “incite insurrection” with the assault on the Capitol will formally begin the week of Feb. 8, Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer said Friday.

Schumer indicated that the charges for the political trial will be sent to the upper house on Monday, January 25, and procedural issues and preparations to carry it out will begin on Tuesday.

Earlier, Senate Republican minority leader 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 in 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.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that she was “attentive to the fairness of the process” and stressed that Trump will have as much time to prepare his defense as lawmakers who will act. “prosecutors” in the political trial.

This will be the second “impeachment”, as the process of dismissal in English against Trump is known, which came out of the first in early 2020 due to its pressures in Ukraine.

Trump, the first president to be subjected to two political trials, is facing the charge of “inciting insurrection” for the violent assault on the Capitol on January 6 of a mob of his followers, who he left five dead, including a policeman.

While the process may no longer 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.

Under Senate rules, any political trial must begin at 2:00 pm local time the day after the lower house sends the charge in question, known as the “impeachment” article. .

However, the Senate has some flexibility to adjust the schedule.

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