The second impeachment against Donald Trump will start on Tuesday. It already seems clear: The trial will provide depressing insights into the state of US democracy.
Washington – From Tuesday it will be serious again for Donald Trump: In the US Senate, the impeachment against the ex-president, who has actually already left office, starts. Whether the process will actually end with impeachment seems highly questionable. And yet the hearings are explosive. Findings from lawsuits against “Capitol Striker” weigh heavily on Trump.
Donald Trump: Second impeachment starts on Tuesday – court documents burden ex-president
The incidents of Epiphany are the trigger for the second impeachment. Trump is the first US head of government to face two impeachment proceedings. In the last few meters of his presidency, he had reiterated his allegations of election fraud – and sent his supporters on the way to the Capitol at a performance. The afternoon culminated in a riot in the heart of US democracy.
The procedure should now also clarify whether Trump’s behavior was the cause of the shocking events. And according to a report by the Washington Post statements by protagonists of the Capitol Storm strongly suggest this. “Trump wants all of the physically capable patriots to come,” a court quoted from a message from a defendant to members of a self-established “militia”.
Trump sees himself exposed to violent allegations: “Mob brought into ecstasy and aimed like a loaded cannon”
The bartender from Ohio * is said to have started preparations for a train to Washington as early as November – after Trump’s first election fraud allegations. Watkins have led “dozen” people, some of whom forcibly entered the Capitol, is the allegation to the woman.
According to the report, the leaders of the impeachment process against Trump * also express clear allegations. Trump had “conjured up a mob in Washington, brought him into ecstasy and aimed like a loaded cannon on Pennsylvania Avenue,” it said in a document.
Chaos at the Capitol: Trump supporters on January 6th on the steps of the venerable building.
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Evidence should also come from other court documents. More than two dozen defendants in the Capitol trials had explicitly quoted Trump as a reason for their behavior, the wants Washington Post have experienced.
A private message from a QAnon follower * is said to provide particularly impressive material. He wrote to an “ally” with a view to January 6th: “I’ll be there for the biggest party ever if Pence leads the Senate turnaround. Or I’ll be ready when Trump tells us to storm the bloody Capitol; I’ll do it then! ”Trump had asked his Vice President Mike Pence to reject the counted result of the electoral vote. A step to which Pence would not have been legally justified – and which the vice-president failed to take.
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As expected, Trump’s lawyers reject the allegations after a last-minute staff move. Trump only used his constitutional right to “express his belief that the election results are questionable,” they replied to the indictment. Trump’s son Donald Jr. again has pointed out that his father was guilty if attackers made plans before the day of the Capitol Storm.
However, the allegations also leave an impression on Trump’s party. A prominent Republican from the US House of Representatives, Liz Cheney, has called on her party to break away from the ex-president. Cheney told Fox News on Sunday the Republican Party should no longer stand by Trump. “Someone who provoked an attack on the US Capitol to prevent the counting of voters’ votes, which resulted in the deaths of five people,” and someone who refused to stop the violence immediately could have no leadership role in the party in the future.
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Shortly before the start of the procedure, some technical questions remain unanswered. For example, whether witnesses are heard and how many days of negotiation are set for the impeachment. However, the broadcaster CNN considers a duration of one to two weeks to be possible.
Experts agree that the chances of success for impeachment proceedings are rather low. According to CNN, it is also unlikely that Trump will testify himself – the ex-president’s legal team have already rejected such a request and behind the scenes, the Democrats believe that they can achieve their cause without a subpoena from Trump. It should probably read: To present the ex-president again as an irresponsible rebel – especially with a view to a possible renewed candidacy of Trump.
Meanwhile, the new US President Joe Biden is facing a difficult term of office, as an expert in US political science analyzes * – not only because of the politics of his predecessor. (fn with material from dpa). *Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.
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