House of Representatives launches impeachment process against Trump

As US Vice President Mike Pence continued to defy calls to oust President Donald Trump the House of Representatives launched the impeachment process on WednesdayWith only seven days left for him in office Democrats raced against time to impeach Trump on charges of inciting the storming of the Capitol last Wednesday dispensing usual procedures to try to vote on the articles of impeachment by afternoonTrump has been unrepentant about the riot that resulted in the deaths of five people including one police officer after his rally of supporters against the election of Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President alleging fraud in the votingLate Tuesday night the House passed a resolution demanding that Pence assume the presidency by invoking Article 25 of the Constitution that allows him acting with a majority of the cabinet to remove TrumpEven before the House voted the resolution Pence wrote to Speaker Nancy Pelosi I will not now yield to efforts in the House of Representatives to play political games at a time so serious in the life of our nationI urge you and every member of Congress to avoid actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment he saidDespite the word having a menacing ring to it an impeachment is only the framing of charges of by the House for a judicialstyle trial in the Senate with the Senators acting as jurors A twothirds majority of the Senate 67 members will have to vote to convictTrumps impeachment failed in 2019 in the Republicancontrolled SenateTo convict and throw his out of office 17 Republican Senators will have to vote for itIf after impeachment is passed by the House the Senate trial stretches beyond next Wednesday when Trump will be out of office and a conviction if it comes about may only have the effect of preventing him from running for office in future besides being a ringing condemnationTo speed up the impeachment process most Representatives gave short speeches of one to two minutes with Democrats recalling the horror of the riot that reached into the Senate chamber and the Speakers Office and asserting that Trump incited an insurrectionDemocrat Jim McGovern said What Trump did fill me with rage We were terrorisedWords have consequences and ignoring words also have consequences he said referring to Trumps statements at a rally last Wednesday that turned into the riotThe draft of the impeachment of Trump has the single charge of inciting violence against the government of the United States for his role in the storming of the Capitol by his supporters who overcame the security and muscled themselves into the Senate chamber from where Pence had to be taken away by security to a safe zone and into the office of PelosiTrump telling his supporters we fight we fight like hell before telling them to go to Congress is cited as words of incitementThe Republicans arguments against the impeachment was to raise procedural questions and assert that it would divide an already polarised nation furtherRepublican Representative Tom Cole said the House should does not rush to judgment and should look for ways to unite the country when the new President takes overAn impeachment of Trump failed in 2019 when the Senate failed to convict himAfter the experiences of last week the Capitol building was ringed with high security with National Guard troops deployed at entrances to the CapitolThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever