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The trial in the procedure of impeachment of the President of the United States of Donald trump launched Tuesday in the Senate (the upper house of Congress) USA
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The trial in the Senate against trump will focus on two charges, previously approved on a vote in the House of representatives, the abuse of power and obstruction of justice, which conducted the Congress
Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian / Flickr
In the course of the trial as prosecutors in the Senate are seven “managers of impeachment” by the house of representatives of the United States. Among them were, in particular, the Chairman of the intelligence Committee of the house of representatives Adam Schiff and Chairman of the legal Committee, Jerry Nadler
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The trial in the procedure of impeachment of the President of the United States of Donald trump launched Tuesday in the Senate (the upper house of Congress) of the United States.
It is expected that Republicans and Democrats will first discuss a resolution that defines the regulations in accordance with which will be proceeding. Then they will have the opportunity to make introductory remarks, reports “Interfax”.
The trial in the Senate against trump will focus on two charges, previously approved on a vote in the House of representatives, the abuse of power and obstruction of justice, which conducted the Congress.
In the course of the trial as prosecutors in the Senate are seven “managers of impeachment” by the house of representatives of the United States. Among them were, in particular, the Chairman of the intelligence Committee of the house of representatives Adam Schiff and Chairman of the legal Committee, Jerry Nadler. What Schiff and Nadler are among the main actors when considering the topic of impeachment in the House of representatives.
As previously reported by the media, the team protecting the US President Donald trump on the impeachment hearings will include well-known lawyers Kenneth Old, Alan Dershowitz, Jane Ruskin, John Ratcliffe.
Previously, the team of lawyers trump announced that passed the House of representatives articles of impeachment “a constitutional void” and accused Democrats of “blatant and unlawful attempt” to cancel results of presidential elections in 2016. According to them, “this is extremely biased and reckless obsession with the impeachment of the President began before he was elected and continues to this day.”
The senators are the jury. At the end of the process a vote was taken: to remove the President from office, the necessary votes of two thirds of the senators. However, because the majority in the U.S. Senate now belongs to the Republicans, then, most likely, at this stage, the impeachment proceedings will be blocked.
Technically the trial began last week after the Senate received the case on impeachment of the house of representatives. How much time will last the trial in the Senate is unclear.
Democrats initiated impeachment proceedings against the President on 24 September 2019 after American informant expressed concern about the phone call trump with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy, which took place on 25 July. During the conversation, trump called Zelensky to initiate an investigation against the former Vice-President of the USA Joe Biden and his son hunter in exchange for the provision of financial and military aid to Kiev, claimed the source.
Democrat Biden now is the most likely competitor to trump on the upcoming 2020 presidential election. Therefore, according to the Democrats, trump, putting pressure on Zelensky, in fact, sought to enlist the support of Kiev in the desire to be re-elected for a second term.