Donald trump on Wednesday, December 18, became the third President of the United States, which will be subject to impeachmentbecause the House of representatives formally accused him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The vote of the house of representatives refers to the process in controlled by the Republicans the Senate, where lawmakers must decide whether to remove the President from office.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2019
That’s what can happen in the next few days:
Thursday, December 19:
The chamber should be called «managers», who will present the case against trump to the Senate. They can call these legislators on Thursday before leaving Washington for the holidays — or wait until next year.
The speaker of the house of representatives Nancy Pelosi just after the House approved two articles of impeachment, told reporters that she needed more information from the Senate before calling these names.
The Republican leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell and the main Chamber Democrat Chuck Schumer expressed quite different views on how the process must be complete. Most likely, they will negotiate privately and through the media in the coming days.
Beginning of January:
If there is anything «supernatural» trump will appear before the Senate, which will decide whether to remove the President from office.
The Senate is controlled by fellow Republicans trump, who showed no signs that they’ll convict him. Two-thirds of the 100 people need to condemn trump.
Chief justice United States John Roberts will preside over the process in which the Congress will present their arguments against trump, and the team of lawyers of the President will be responsible. The senators are to act as jurors.
The trial may include witnesses and take place six days a week for six weeks.
McConnell said that the majority of the Senate could approve a shorter process, voting on articles of impeachment after the presentation of arguments, with no witnesses.
How to comment on the incident itself trump?
At a rally in Michigan, trump told the audience that Democrats are trying «to void the ballots of tens of millions of American patriots».
«Democrats, who do nothing, declare their deep hatred and contempt for the American people, the President said. This lawless partisan impeachment will be political suicide for the Democratic party.»
