Donald Trump’s Actions before the attack on Congress on January 6 one “betrayal of historical proportions”, Democratic lawmakers accused in impeaching the former US president, according to their arguments released Tuesday.
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“The president incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol” and his “desire to remain in power at all costs is a betrayal of historic proportions.” that “requires a conviction” at the end of this trial beginning Feb. 9, they said.
The so-called “impeachment managers”all Democrats argued in the lengthy document from 77 pages that Trump, who spoke to a crowd of supporters in Washington on January 6, led them to a ‘frenzy’ shortly before, they marched to the Capitol.
The president incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol, and his desire to remain in power at all costs is a betrayal of historic proportions.
Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
The ensuing coup left five dead and threatened the lives of lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
“In a serious betrayal of his oath, President Trump incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol” and prevented Congress from confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the November election, the lawmakers, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, wrote.
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“If provoking a rebellious riot against a joint session of Congress after losing an election is not an imputable crime, it is hard to imagine what it would be,” the letter said.
“If this is not condemned, future leaders would be encouraged to try to maintain power by all media, and it would suggest that there is no line that a president cannot cross,” he says.
Trump was indicted by the House of Representatives for the second time in an impeachment trial on January 13, after being acquitted of another in February 2020.
But Trump’s term ended on January 20, before the start of the Senate trial, led Republican lawmakers to argue that it is unconstitutional to impeach a president after he leaves office.
It’s an argument Trump’s lawyers are expected to take in defense, but Democrats have already outright rejected that line of reasoning. “There is no ‘January exception’ for impeachment or any other provision of the constitution,” they wrote, citing the date set for the end of the presidential term, adding that a president must be accountable for his conduct “from his first day to the last day in office”.
Democratic lawmakers’ letter points to several videos, which are expected to be used as evidence in the trial, saying Trump incites the crowd to violence and protesters yelling. “¡Cuelguen a Mike Pence!” and seeking the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.
Since the November 3 elections and for many weeks afterwards
Trump claimed his reelection was stolen from him through massive fraud. Dozens of courts in various states found the argument unfounded.
But impeachment managers stressed that Trump’s continued insistence on unproven allegations of fraudulent elections prompted his supporters to back up efforts to reverse Biden’s victory.
When those attempts failed, the Democrats wrote: Trump “ He called a crowd to Washington, incited them to frenzy, and turned them down like a loaded cannon on Pennsylvania Avenue. toward the Capitol.
AFP
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