Democratic President of the House of Representatives and Donald Trump's main opponent in Congress, Nancy Pelosi, announced Tuesday (January 14th) after a closed meeting with his elected officials that the indictment would finally be transmitted on Wednesday in the Senate, with a Republican majority, after a final vote in plenary session in the lower house.
It must first announce at 10 a.m. (4 p.m. in Paris) which are “Designated counsel”, these elected Democrats of the House initially charged with crossing the Capitol to bring the indictment to the upper house.
Nancy Pelosi was late in transmitting the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after the landmark vote in the House on December 18 indictment in the Senate in the hope of obtaining guarantees on the organization of a trial "Fair".
Senate Republicans leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would hire " in all probability " before the end of the week "Preliminary steps" at the start of the trial, including the swearing in of senators before the head of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts.
Trial could start Tuesday
"We hope to achieve this by consensus, which would allow a real start to the trial next Tuesday"added this loyal support of Donald Trump, determined to get the president out of this difficult patch as quickly as possible.
“Why did Nancy the nervous and the corrupt politician Adam Schiff the deceit not give us a fair trial in the House? ", for his part moved the Republican president in a tweet Tuesday evening, faithful to his line of defense who saw him in particular qualify this procedure against him " Rebellion ".
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The opposition is convinced that the president used state resources to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden, his potential opponent in the November presidential election. They accuse him in particular of having frozen crucial military aid for this country in armed conflict with its Russian neighbor, in order to achieve its ends.
The Republicans, who are united around Donald Trump, denounce them " witch hunt " baseless, fueled by their aversion to opposition to this atypical president.
Fear of a "mock trial"
Democrats, who can count on 47 votes (out of 100) in the Senate, are aware that they have almost no chance of removing the former New York businessman, a two-thirds majority being necessary. But they hope to bring out embarrassing information for Donald Trump.
After Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999, "The Senate will begin the third trial for the removal of a sitting president", said the head of the democratic minority in the upper house, Chuck Schumer, repeating that the facts alleged against Donald Trump were "Serious".
The Democrats are calling for the calling of four close advisers to Donald Trump, who had been banned from participating in the House investigation, by the executive. One of them, John Bolton, a former national security adviser, said he was ready to respond to a summons to the Senate. But the issue was relegated to a later date by Mitch McConnell and consensus is not guaranteed.
Without witnesses or additional documents, "Senate trial will become a farce, a televised meeting for a mock trial", warned Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate.
