Trump’s second impeachment bill for “incitement to civil war” five days after the first parliamentary occupation

The Democratic Party of the United States began impeaching President Donald Trump on the 11th (local time). It has been five days since President Trump’s supporters occupied the Congress on the 6th and stopped the joint Senate-Household meeting.

Prior to the end of his term, he proposed two resolutions to bring President Trump down. It is a resolution and impeachment prosecution requiring Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Trump from his office. The House of Representatives plans to vote on the two agendas on the 12th and 13th, respectively.

The impeachment bill for President Trump, initiated by the Democratic Party of the US House of Representatives, is co-signed by about 210 Democrats in the House of Representatives. If the impeachment bill is passed, President Trump becomes the first president in US history to be impeached twice in the House of Representatives.

Prior to this, the Democratic Party presented a resolution demanding that Vice President Pence suspend Trump’s duties by invoking Article 25 of the Amendment. Article 25 of the Amendment is a regulation that allows the President to be excluded from office and the Vice President to act on behalf of the Vice President and more than half of the Cabinet when the President is unable to rule.

The Democratic Party said that President Trump agitated his supporters to block the approval of the results of the presidential election, and presented “incitement to the US government” as grounds for impeachment. He pointed out that after the presidential election, President Trump repeatedly falsely claimed that he had won, and eventually agitated supporters to overturn the election results, interfering with the elections in Congress.

It also included charges of intimidating Secretary of State Brad Raffenberger and encouraging “find the vote” to overturn the election results in Georgia.

The impeachment bill specifically addressed President Trump’s remarks in promoting lawless and violent acts. For example, in his speech, President Trump said, “If you don’t fight, you won’t have a country in the future.”

The impeachment bill is scheduled to be voted on at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 13th. If more than half (217) of the enrolled people approve, it will pass. As the Democratic Party is a majority party in the House of Representatives with 222 seats, the impeachment proceedings are expected to pass through. In this case, President Trump will remain in office for a week and record the passage of the impeachment bill in the House of Representatives.

The resolution on the invocation of Article 25 of the Amendment was unanimously tried to pass by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on that day, but it hit a wall due to the interception of Republican lawmakers. On the next day (12th), if it is passed in a plenary vote of the House of Representatives, Vice President Pence must reveal whether this provision will be invoked within 24 hours. For now, the possibility is small. House Speaker Pelosi has “declared war” that if Vice President Pence does not invoke Article 25 of the Amendment, President Trump will be impeached.

On that day, President Trump and Vice President Pence met for the first time five days after the congressional occupation. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted a source as saying, “The President and Vice President have promised to continue working hard for the country for the rest of their term.” President Trump made it clear that he would not withdraw before the end of his term.

With the Democratic Party accelerating its impeachment, President-elect Joe Biden feared that discussions on impeachment would disrupt state administration in the early days of the administration.
Biden-elect said, “We are discussing with Congress whether the Senate can handle impeachment and state administration at the same time,” after receiving a second vaccine for coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

He asked, “Is it possible to discuss impeachment in the morning and discuss stimulus in the afternoon?” It is interpreted to mean that it wants to put weight on smooth state administration such as approval of the cabinet minister, response to Corona 19, and passage of the economic stimulus bill.

Biden urged President Trump to be held accountable for the congressional occupation and to resign immediately, but has yet to openly approve of impeachment. In the early days of the government’s inauguration, the US media reported that it seemed to have decided that it would be advantageous for the stabilization of state affairs rather than conflict with the Republican Party over Trump impeachment.

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]