“The President’s incitement to civil war”… The five issues of the Trump impeachment card?

US President Donald Trump is also on the verge of impeachment. If the reason for the impeachment of the’Ukraine Scandal’ in 2019 was due to abuse of the presidential authority, this time, the accusations of inciting the intrusion of the parliamentary party that occurred on the 6th were applied. The Democratic Party has stepped forward with a fast-paced strategy to initiate and vote on the House’s impeachment prosecution. But it doesn’t seem easy to cross the Senate threshold. This is because it is difficult to have more than 17 sympathizers among Republican senators, and prolonged impeachment battles may hinder their actions after President-elect Joe Biden took office.

① What content was contained in the impeachment

On the morning of the 11th (local time), the Democratic Party proposed an impeachment bill for President Trump as announced. Less than a week after the intrusion to the Capitol, he actually took out a knife.

They pointed out that President Trump was accused of “inciting civil war” in the process of invading his supporters’ capitol. It was pointed out that “deliberately caused violence against the US government.” At the time, President Trump said at a preliminary rally of supporters, “Please show your strength,” and protesters moved to the Capitol immediately after the rally and broke into it. In the process, violence occurred, killing five people, including one congressional police officer.

In its impeachment, the Democratic Party pointed out that “President Trump put America’s security and government systems in profound danger.” It was also said that after impeachment, even the disqualification of public office should be achieved. There is also an intention to prevent him from running for the presidential election in 2024 again.

② Is it possible to decide on impeachment in the shortest time ever?

The Democratic Party also submitted a resolution on the day that the 25th Amendment should be applied to suspend President Trump’s duties. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said he would vote on an impeachment bill if vice president Mike Pence and the cabinet do not accept it within 24 hours.

If the Democratic Party proceeds to vote on the impeachment bill on the 13th as scheduled, it will not be difficult to pass, as it has secured 222 seats over the majority (218 seats) of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. In December 2019, the Ukrainian scandal impeachment bill was passed in the House of Representatives.

③ How far will the Republicans stop?

The key is the Senate. Of the 100 senators, more than two-thirds (67) must approve before the Senate can be impeached, with only 50 Republicans. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski, Pat Tumi, and Ben Sas have mentioned Trump’s resignation, but it’s unclear how many uprising votes will come out of the actual impeachment vote. Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who directs the Republican Party’s strategy, has already nailed a Senate ballot 19 days before, and it is highly likely to block the impeachment bill. In fact, Trump’s first impeachment bill was rejected in the Senate in February of last year.

The choice of Vice President Pence is also important. There is also a way he uses Article 25 of the Amendment to achieve the early resignation of President Trump. However, it is unlikely that Vice President Pence will choose a path that will benefit the Democrats, US media reports. Like Republican Congressman Tom Reid, there are also attempts to clear the situation to the extent that it adopted a resolution condemning President Trump.

④ President Trump’s concerns

President Trump is lowering his stance. Washington Mayor Muriel Bauzer accepted a proposal to declare an emergency on the expenses of the inauguration ceremony of Biden-elect, requested by Washington Mayor. The White House instructed the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to formally cooperate in preparing for the inauguration ceremony. As necessary equipment and budget support are provided, troops will be deployed in Washington area from the 13th to control the situation.

He also met with Vice President Pence for the first time after the Capitol crisis and discussed the situation. On the 12th, he is also visiting Texas to inspect the Mexican border barriers, which he claims to be his greatest goal. It is a strategy of avoiding crises while doing daily presidential affairs.

⑤ Biden-elect Deok-sil

After completing the second vaccination of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine that day, Biden-elect met with reporters and expressed his position on impeachment. “When the House of Representatives handles the impeachment bill and sends it to the Senate, the question is whether the procedure can be divided into two. Can half of the day be used to deal with impeachment and (the rest) half of the nominee approval and (Corona 19) economic stimulus plan? That’s what I hope and expect.” If the impeachment hearing is held in the Senate, it is said that it may be difficult to’two-track’ the biden administration’s cabinet approval process and legislation. Biden’s concern is that at the beginning of his inauguration, it could fall into an impeachment battle black hole at a time when it is necessary to strengthen the state administration.

Therefore, in the Democratic Party’s leadership, the strategy of delaying the timing of sending the bill to the Senate after passing the impeachment bill in the House of Representatives is discussed. It is a plan to resume impeachment hearings around the end of April and early May, 100 days later after seeing Biden-elect stabilize the state affairs at the beginning of his inauguration.

Washington= Jeong Won Correspondent [email protected]

The new standard changed by Corona, the new normal of’un·home·sl·on’ is coming.