IMPEACHMENT
Washington, Feb 10 (EFE News) .- Democratic congressman Joaquín Castro, the only one of Hispanic origin in the group of “prosecutors” in the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, assured this Wednesday that the attack on the Capitol in Washington “will not it happened by accident ”and accused the Republican leader of forging it“ for months ”.
On the second day of the “impeachment”, as the trial is known in English, Castro concentrated for about 18 minutes on analyzing the messages that the former governor published in the months before and after the election last November on his Twitter account – that that social network decided to close – and several of his interviews, in which the then tenant of the White House did not make it clear if he was willing to hand over power.
“On May 24 (2020), six months before the election, (Trump) tweeted that it will be the largest rigged election in history. How could he know it would be the most rigged election in history six months before it happened? And on June 22, more of the same, “said Castro, reeling off his argument.
“There are dozens more tweets and speeches by Donald Trump spreading his lie,” Castro continued, “but do you get the point? His followers also got the point: they firmly believe that if he lost it was because the election was rigged. “
The legislator of the House of Representatives recalled that everyone has run for election and “it is not fun to lose”, but admitted that, in his home state, Texas, the Democratic party has lost “some elections over the years.”
“But can you imagine telling your supporters that the only way you could lose is if an American election was rigged and stolen?”
“This attack did not come from a speech and it did not happen by accident,” he said, referring to the assault on the Capitol in Washington, which caused five deaths, including that of a police officer in the legislative building, and which has led to the second political prosecution against the Republican leader, who left power on January 20.
That day, dozens of Trump supporters marched to the Legislature where a joint session of both houses was held to certify the electoral victory of the current president, Joe Biden.
Castro pointed out that “the evidence clearly shows that this mob was caused for many months by Donald J. Trump.”
“And if you look at the evidence, their intentional conduct, you will see that the attack was foreseeable and preventable,” he stressed.
Since this Tuesday, the Senate began the prosecution against Trump, who became the first former US president to be subjected to a process of this type, although it is expected that he will succeed, as he already did in the trial he faced last year being President for abuse of power by pressuring Ukraine to harm his then electoral rival, Joe Biden.
At that time – as is also anticipated on this occasion – the minimum vote of 67 votes was not reached in the Upper House to condemn Trump.
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