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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the United States Senate would begin the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on February 8.
The uprising at the Capitol on January 6, prompted by Donald J Trump, was a day none of us will ever forget. We all want to put behind us this terrible chapter in the history of our nation. But only if truth and accountability exist will healing and unity come. And that’s what this trial is going to provide,’ Schumer said on the floor of the senate.
In the 100 member Senate, both the Republican and the Democratic Parties now have 50 seats each.
Nevertheless, Vice President Kamala Harris’ crucial vote in her capacity as Senate Chairman gives the Democrats a majority in the upper chambers of Congress.
Giving details of the impeachment process, Schumer said the house managers would come to read the impeachment article at 7 pm on Monday. The next day, members will then be sworn in.
After that, just as they did in previous trials, both the house managers and the defence will have a period of time to draught their legal briefs, he said.
The senate will continue to do other business for the American people during that period, such as cabinet nominations and the COVID-relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of Americans suffering during this pandemic. Then, once the briefs are drafted, in the week of February 8th, presentations by the parties will start, Schumer said.
Minority Senate leader Mitch McConnell said the impeachment started in the house with an unprecedentedly quick and minimal process.
The sequel can not be an inadequate senate process that denies its due process to former President Trump or damages the senate or the presidency itself, he said.
The Republican leader proposed that on February 11, the impeachment trial begin.
His timeline was not agreed to by the ruling Democrats. Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the House of Representatives announced earlier in the day that Trump’s impeachment article for incitement to insurrection would be delivered to the Senate on Monday.
Congressman Jamie Raskin, along with legislators Diana DeGette, David Cicilline, Joaquin Castro, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Stacey Plaskett, Madeleine Dean, and Joe Neguse, would be the lead house executives for this.
The White House insisted that the impeachment trial and other Congressional business could be held concurrently.”At this time in history, we have a recent precedent of the Senate conducting an indictment trial while also doing the business of the American people. And when the trial was held last January, there were also hearings that took place almost on a daily basis, and we expect this kind of work to continue,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
But what the president’s view is: what can not be delayed by this process is his plan to bring relief to the people of the United States at this time of crisis. After serving for decades in the Senate, he remains confident that the members of the Senate of both parties can walk and chew gum at the same time and can move forward with the business of the American people, Psaki said.
