The dismissal trial of Donald Trump went to the heart of the matter on Wednesday January 22 for the first of three days which will be devoted to the indictment of the democratic prosecutors. The latter will endeavor to demonstrate the legitimacy of the indictment voted on December 18 by the House of Representatives. The accusers of Donald Trump have a total of twenty-four hours during which they will not be interrupted either by the senators or by the lawyers for the president, who will succeed them from Saturday.
The session thus avoided the skirmishes which had aroused the reprimands of the President of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, a few hours earlier. The latter, who heads the trial, felt compelled to call to order, late Monday evening, prosecutors and lawyers following acrimonious exchanges fueled by the debate on the organization of the trial. "I think it is appropriate at this point for me to recall" to both camps "That they are addressing the largest deliberative body in the world", assured John Roberts.
Warned of the difficult task ahead, given the balance of power favorable to the President of the United States, the leader of the Democratic prosecutors, Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has endeavored to depict with the greatest gravity the stakes of this dismissal trial before letting its partners enter the intimacy of the Ukrainian affair.
We remember that the latter was triggered by the revelation of a deal submitted by Donald Trump in the summer of 2019 to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. Freshly elected, the latter had been ordered to open investigations against the political opponents of the President of the United States in order to obtain the release of crucial military aid and an invitation to the White House which would have strengthened his stature and strengthened the position of his country.
Democratic values at risk, says Schiff
Adam Schiff began his perspective with strong praise from the Senate. For this, he relied on a famous article by one of the founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton. The representative of California recalled that he had described the Senate as "A sufficiently dignified court [and] sufficiently independent " to be given this power of removal. "It’s up to you to be the court that Hamilton envisioned, did he declare. It’s up to you to show the American people that trust [OfATLexander Hamilton] and that of the other founding fathers were rightly given. "
