The real reason for the US Democratic Party’s pursuit of impeachment, even though Trump’s resignation is only 10 days left, seems to be to block Trump’s challenge for re-election in advance.
Congressman Ted Liu (California) said on the 9th that the Democratic Party, which is pushing for impeachment of US President Donald Trump, will submit a bill of impeachment on the 11th (local time).
Rep. Liu, who drafted the impeachment bill, posted a post on Twitter on the 9th and announced that he would initiate the impeachment bill at the House meeting on the 11th. Liu added that he and 180 members of the House of Representatives, including David Sicillin (Rhode Island), participated as co-sponsors.
Even though the Democratic Party has only 10 days left in office, the reason why President Trump is pushing for impeachment is that the challenge for re-election is blocked in advance, and the impeachment is established after the term of office. Even if the House of Representatives approves the impeachment proceedings now, the possibility of impeachment during President Trump’s term is not high. The usual procedures such as investigations and hearings take time, but most of all, it is difficult to hold a meeting before retirement on the 20th due to the current Senate schedule. In the end, even if the impeachment of President Trump is carried out, it is highly likely that it will be after the end of the term. However, in the United States, impeachment is possible even after the term of office of a public official.
In 1875, while Ulysses Grant, war minister William Belknap resigned on charges of bribery, but the Senate decided that he had the authority to proceed with an impeachment hearing, and the actual conviction came out.
As such, it is analyzed that the Democratic Party’s attempt to impeach Trump after retirement is to prevent his re-challenge in the 2024 presidential election, which holds considerable support, in advance. In the United States, in the event of impeachment, the congress may restrict the inauguration of public office through a separate resolution.
President Trump said in a statement right after the congressional election was confirmed the day before, saying, “There will be a desperate transfer of power,” and conceding for the first time the results of the presidential election.
The impeachment prosecution is handled by a majority of the House of Representatives, but the decision of impeachment must be approved by more than two-thirds of the members of the Senate. President Trump was impeached in the House of Representatives in 2019 for the so-called “Ukrainian scandal,” but he escaped impeachment by the opposition of the Republican Senate.
(Seoul = News 1)
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