US Democratic Party’s’impeachment of Trump’ card, political pavement to pressure until retirement

View larger-The Democratic Party of the United States proposed an impeachment prosecution against President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives on the 11th on charges of “inciting rebellion” and announced its intention to vote for a vote in the near future. However, as of the 11th when the impeachment prosecution is proposed, the Trump administration’s term of office is less than 10 days left, so the possibility of impeachment within the term is not high. Also, unlike the House of Representatives, where impeachment is passed if a majority of the current members of the lawmakers approve, the Senate must agree with two-thirds. The 100-seat Senate is divided into 50 seats by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to which President Trump belongs, and at least 17 Republican lawmakers must support the impeachment. Senate Republican Representative Mitch McConnell said in a memo to his fellow lawmakers that he would not reconvene the Senate until the 19th, the day before Biden’s inauguration. However, there are reasons to debate the need for impeachment even within the Republican Party, such as Senator Pat Tumi (Pennsylvania) saying, “Trump committed a crime deserving of impeachment.”

It is analyzed that the political purpose of blocking President Trump’s rerun in the 2024 presidential election was undermined by the Democratic Party to push the impeachment prosecution quickly. Even after Trump’s term of office has ended, the impeachment process can continue. Although not president, in fact, in 1875, Ulysses Grant’s administration’s war minister, William Bellnap, resigned on charges of bribery, but the Senate continued to impeach him. Even after the term of office, if the impeachment is finally decided, a way will open up to permanently block President Trump’s right to serve in public service. The Senate can vote on an agenda that restricts impeached officials from taking office, and in this case, it will be passed if the majority agree. The Democratic Party also appears to be targeting this point. The intention is to limit the inauguration of public office by capturing President Trump as “a president who was impeached after his tenure”. Democratic House Intelligence Commissioner Adam Seef said, “If the impeachment trial does not take place before President Trump leaves office, he should be convicted even after he leaves office. It is important to prevent him from running again.”

According to CNN and others, Democrats such as Ted Liu said, “President Trump threatened the security of the United States and government agencies and the integrity of the democratic system,” in the draft impeachment prosecution. It will remain a threat to democracy and constitution.” The Democratic Party proposed a plan to suspend the president’s office on the basis of Article 25 of the Amendment, “If the president is unable to perform his duties, the vice president will act as the president” immediately after the unprecedented intrusion of parliament by supporters of the president on the 6th. Promoted. However, after most of the Trump administration’s cabinets expressed opposition, they turned to impeachment. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the recent resignation of the Federal Attorney General Park Byeong-jin of the northern Georgian region on the 9th was due to not properly investigating the “allegations of the presidential election irregularities” requested by President Trump.
Washington = Correspondent Lee Jung-eun [email protected]Go to reporter page>