Washington, United States
United States Senate cannot carry out “fair or serious” impeachment of President Donald Trump in the days before he leaves office, he said. Mitch McConnell, republican leader on Wednesday.
“According to the rules, procedures and precedents in the Senate In terms of impeachment, there is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial can end before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in next week, ”McConnell said in a statement.
Trump was indicted by the House of Representatives on Wednesday and will be impeached in the Senate.
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But “even if the trial started this week and moved quickly, there won’t be a verdict until the president has already left,” added McConnell, warning that he will not convene a special session before Jan. 19, when he scheduled it. state to the Senate meets again.
Earlier, the president of the American House of Representatives., Democrat Nancy Pelosi, assured that Donald Trump “must go,” as he is “a clear and present danger” to the country, in the pre-vote debate on a new political trial against the president, accused of “inciting. the revolt. “