Washington.
Political tension continues in the United States following Wednesday’s attack on Congress, with increasing calls for President Donald Trump’s resignation and the possible start of a new impeachment against him less than two weeks after his term in office officially ended. .
The Democratic opposition was joined by several Republicans, outraged by Trump’s behavior for persuading his followers to march towards him. Congress following a political act in which he reiterated his complaints about electoral fraud, rejected by the courts.
On the chaotic and violent day, five people died, including a Capitol police officer.
“I really believe the president has committed offenses worthy of impeachment… His behavior this week disqualifies him from continuing,” Republican Senator Pat Toomey said in an interview on the conservative Fox channel.
The Republican senator also expressed himself along the same lines Ben Sasse, who said that if a lawsuit is opened, it will naturally take into account the articles presented against it.
“I think the president has disobeyed his oath of office … to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. He acted against it, ”Sasseh said.
Two options
Two options are under consideration amid the astonishment and amazement after the unprecedented attack on Congress last Wednesday.
On the one hand, Trump’s disqualification from the amendment to the constitution due to his inability to rule, something Vice President Mike Pence should lead and should have the support of half of the presidential cabinet, and that seems unlikely.
The other, more plausible, is that the Democrats with a majority in the House of Representatives are filing a charge of ‘inciting insurrection’ against the president of the United States to open a new impeachment against Trump, and that would make some. officer prosecuted twice.
Meanwhile, more than 190 of the 222 Democrats have backed a resolution by Congressman Ted Lieu to bring the impeachment against Trump.
Subsequently, he himself would have to be subjected to the Senate trial, although it is on a hiatus and resumed his activities only on January 19, a day before Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration as president.
Deferral of charge to allow Biden space
However, several Democratic heavyweights in the House this Sunday raised the possibility of filing the indictment against Trump, but not sending it to the Senate until the first 100 days of Biden’s arrival in the White House have passed so as not to condition the start. . of his mandate.
Democratic Representative James Clyburn noted on CNN today that Parliament could vote “this week” on impeachment charges, but it would be given to Biden “the 100 days it takes to get your schedule up and running, and we may ship the items sometime after that.”
Trump’s silence
Meanwhile, Trump’s silence continues, whose Twitter and Facebook accounts were suspended this Friday for “the risk of incitement to violence.”
Two days after temporarily suspending Trump’s account, the social network permanently robbed him of that tool on Friday, with which the outgoing president has sent more than 55,000 messages and had 89 million followers for more than 11 years.
The US media has reported that his first public appearance will be on Tuesday when the still-president travels to Texas to visit the construction of the border wall with Mexico, a symbol of his crackdown on immigration control.