Image Source : AP Trump impeachment trial in Senate to start on Feb 8
The United States Senate would start the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on February 8, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer mentioned.
“The January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, incited by Donald J Trump was a day none of us will ever forget. We all want to put this awful chapter in our nation’s history behind us. But healing and unity will only come if there is truth and accountability. And that is what this trial will provide,” Schumer mentioned on the senate flooring.
Both the Republican and the Democratic Party now have 50 seats every within the 100 member Senate.
However, the essential vote of Vice President Kamala Harris in her capability because the chairman of the senate provides the Democrats a majority within the higher chambers of the Congress.
Giving particulars of the impeachment course of, Schumer mentioned the home managers will come to learn the article of impeachment at 7 pm on Monday. Members will then be sworn within the subsequent day.
After that, each the home managers and the protection could have a time period to draft their authorized briefs, simply as they did in earlier trials, he mentioned.
“During that period, the senate will continue to do other business for the American people, such as cabinet nominations and the COVID-relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of Americans who are suffering during this pandemic. Then, once the briefs are drafted, presentations by the parties will commence in the week of February 8th,” Schumer mentioned.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell mentioned that the impeachment started with an unprecedentedly quick and minimal course of in the home.
The sequel can’t be an inadequate senate course of that denies former president Trump his due course of or damages the senate or the presidency itself, he mentioned.
“Senate Republicans strongly believe we need a full and fair process where the former president can mount a defense and the senate can properly consider the factual, legal, and constitutional questions at stake,” he mentioned.
The Republican chief steered that the impeachment trial start on February 11.
“That timeline would have provided the Senate some more floor time before we step fully into the unknown of a trial,” he mentioned.
The ruling Democrats didn’t comply with his timeline. Earlier within the day, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced that article of impeachment for incitement of riot by Trump might be delivered to the senate on Monday.
The lead home managers for this might be Congressman Jamie Raskin, together with lawmakers Diana DeGette, David Cicilline, Joaquin Castro, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Stacey Plaskett, Madeleine Dean and Joe Neguse.
“We are respectful of the senate’s constitutional power over the trial and always attentive to the fairness of the process, noting that the former president will have had the same amount of time to prepare for trial as our managers. Our managers are ready to begin to make their case to 100 senate jurors through the trial process,” she mentioned.
The White House insisted that the impeachment trial and different enterprise of the Congress may be held concurrently. “At this moment in history, we have some recent precedent of the senate conducting an impeachment trial while also doing the business of the American people. And when the trial was being conducted last January, there were also hearings that were happening nearly on a daily basis, and we expect that type of work to continue,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mentioned.
“The House can also proceed and continue to do the work on the American rescue plan, move that forward, and we certainly expect and hope that they will do that,” she mentioned.
“But what the president’s view is: What cannot be delayed through this process is his proposal to get relief to the American people at this time of crisis. He remains confident, after serving decades in the senate, that the senate members of both parties can walk and chew gum at the same time and can move forward with the business of the American people,” Psaki mentioned.
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