Donald Trump impeachment: former president charged with unprecedented “serious treason”

The Democratic congressmen who manage the impeachment denounced Donald Trump’s alleged insurgency on Tuesday as “a betrayal of historical proportionsBy disclosing his arguments against the former president a week before the Senate begins reviewing his case.

“In serious betrayal of his oath of office, President Trump incited violent mob to attack the Capitol of the United States during the Joint Session, leading Congressional confirmation of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as the winner of the presidential election, ” Democratic lawmakers, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, said in Senate.

“Not condemning Trump would encourage future leaders to try by all means to maintain power, and would suggest that there is no line that a president cannot cross.They said, adding the American people must be protected “from a president who incites violence to undermine our democracy”.

Five people were killed in the attack on the Capitol, including a police officer. In addition, another officer who took part in the operation took his own life days after the siege.

“His conduct endangered the lives of every member of Congress, endangered the peaceful transfer of power and the line of succession, and endangered our national security,” the Democratic officials wrote in the impeachment case. “This is the very kind of constitutional crime that warrants disqualification from federal office”.

The legal letter sets out for the first time the arguments that the legislators of the House of Representatives hope to present in the impeachment process. Not only does he explicitly blame him for his role in the riots, but he also preemptively tries to refute the defense’s allegations that Trump’s words were somehow protected by the First Amendment or that a lawsuit against impeachment was unconstitutional or even no need now that Trump has left office. He says Trump’s behavior was so blatant it requires permanent disqualification from the post.

The constitution states that disqualification from office can be a penalty for impeachment conviction. “This is not the case if elections alone provide adequate protection against future abuse; it is the election process itself that has attacked President Trump and the one that must be protected from him and anyone who tries to imitate his behavior, ”the legal document said.

Trump’s lawyers are expected to submit their own briefing on Tuesday.

On Sunday, Trump announced that attorneys David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor will lead his defense. “They both agree that this accusation is unconstitutional, as 45 senators ruled last week,” said a statement by the “Office of the 45th President.”

In an appearance in Fox news On Monday evening, Schoen said he would further argue that the efforts to stop Trump from taking office were undemocratic and that the then president’s words were protected by the First Amendment.

Trump is the first U.S. president to be the victim of two legislative cancellations. In the first, held in 2019, he was tried on two charges of pressuring Ukraine, of which he was acquitted. His second impeachment trial, for his alleged responsibility in the assault on the Capitol, could end with his disqualification from holding public office in the future, if the Senate so decides.

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