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The US Senate enters the hearing of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
The impeachment prosecutor and former President Trump’s defense team are expected to enter a ballot as early as next week after a four-day battle.
Let’s connect Washington and learn more. Correspondent Taewook Kang!
Trump’s second impeachment trial began. What is the process going on today?
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Yes, the time here is Tuesday, the 9th.
The impeachment trial began at 1 pm, about 3 hours ago.
Today, the first day, we are in the process of determining whether Trump’s impeachment hearing is constitutional.
After debating, I’m going to vote.
Former President Trump insists that hearings against the former president are unconstitutional.
In response, prosecutors argue that cases that occurred during the presidency are subject to judgment even after retirement.
The result is unlikely to change as the Senate has already voted on the issue on the 26th of last month and concluded that a judgment is possible.
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That is to say, the conclusion is that the impeachment hearing is constitutional and that it can proceed. What is the future procedure?
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The Senate’s impeachment trial is similar to the normal criminal trial process.
The impeachment prosecutor is the prosecutor, and the senators are the jury.
From tomorrow, the 13th local time, a court battle will take place between the Prosecutors’ Commissioner and Trump’s lawyers.
Each side can use it for 8 hours each day for 2 days.
Except for the 13th, which is Saturday, until the 14th, which is Sunday, four days, the representatives of both parties agreed.
At the end of the workshop discussions on both sides, the Senate deals with the adoption of witnesses.
However, this time it is observed that the hearing may be prolonged during the interrogation of witnesses, so that the next step will be taken without the adoption of witnesses.
In the next step, the jury, the senators, ask questions and go through a deliberation process, and then the prosecutors and lawyers make a final defense for two hours each, and then votes are entered.
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What is the prospect of the impeachment judgment ballot? Is there a high possibility of rejection?
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That’s right. The quorum for impeachment is two-thirds of the current lawmakers.
Since there are 100 seats in the Senate, 67 people are required to vote.
Currently, the US Senate is divided into 50 seats by Democrats and Republicans.
As a result, the Republican Party should have a departure of 17 votes.
Although there will be a departure vote as in the vote on the House’s impeachment prosecution, the dominant observation is that it is difficult to reach 17 votes.
However, if the Democratic Party rejects the impeachment, there is a possibility of pushing for a vote banning former President Trump from running for public office in the future.
This is because the voting quorum is a majority, so the Democrats can handle it, including the casting boat of Vice President Camela Harris, the ex officio Senate Chairman.
YTN Taewook Kang in Washington[[email protected]]is.
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