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US Senate begins trial on impeachment trump

On January 21, a full-fledged trial began in the US Senate in the case of the impeachment of US President Donald Trump. Writes about this "Voice of America".

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This is the third time in American history when a president is threatened with removal from office for alleged violation of the oath.

One of the first elements of the procedure will be a vote on the timing and sequence of proceedings proposed by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

McConnell proposes to give impeachment managers and Trump lawyers 24 hours a day for two days to present their arguments. The draft resolution does not say anything about the possibility of calling witnesses and presenting new evidence.

McConnell and the Republicans do not hide the fact that they want the trial to go quickly and, if possible, lead to Trump's acquittal.

Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said McConnell was "hooked" by Trump, who is trying to hide the wrongdoing.

“Given the importance of impeachment, Senator McConnell’s resolution is just a national disgrace,” said Schumer, accusing most Republicans of fearing the president.

Trump's lawyers criticize the impeachment case as "a dangerous perversion of the Constitution." According to them, the president “did absolutely nothing wrong” when he demanded that Ukraine conduct investigations that were politically advantageous for him.

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Lawyers say the Democrats who support Trump’s removal do not try to find the truth in Trump’s relationship with Ukraine, but they want to review the 2016 election results and intervene in his campaign for re-election in 2020.

The House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment. One claims that Trump abused his powers when he demanded that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky investigate the activities of one of the main election candidates, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden. The second article accuses the president of obstructing Congressional investigations.

Democratic lawmakers previously argued that "the evidence gathered fully confirms" Trump's guilt on both counts.

Trump's lawyers in their 110-page report insist that in contacts with Zelensky, the president was engaged in ordinary foreign policy activities.

They believe that he did not commit a crime.

Whatever the legal arguments for and against Trump, he will almost certainly be acquitted by the Senate, where the majority are Republicans.

Two-thirds of the votes of senators are required to convict him and remove him from office. In other words, to convict Trump, at least 20 of the 53 Republican senators must join the 47 Democrats.

So far, no Republican has called for the removal of the president from office.

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