Impeachment, Now What?
Congress Debates Strategies After Historic Vote
January 13th, 2021, marks the first time in history that a sitting U.S. president has been impeached twice, particularly with the first impeachment occurring only over a year ago which made Donald J. Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Only Donald Trump would be able to bestow such an honor upon himself. The House's historic vote 232-197 with some 10 Republicans breaking ranks to support the Democrats in removing the president. Unlike the first impeachment trial, polls show that a majority of Americans, 54% according to Politico, support Congress' decision with impeachment and want to see the president convicted. Additionally, the same poll 55% say that the President should resign from office before his term expires.
With the inauguration of Joe Biden looming over Washington in just three days, the city slowly begins to steadily increase its military foot traffic after the attempted coup earlier this month on January 6th. The entirety of the D.C. National Guard have been activated along with help from nearby Maryland and Virginia National Guards in order to prepare for Inauguration Day.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made clear that the Senate will not reconvene for the trial of President Trump before Trump leaves office January 20th. Some Republicans argue that the trial will take too much time and will impede Congress' attempts to get other things done, like approving President Biden's cabinet members. However, Republicans seem to forget their astonishing speed to confirm Amy Cooney Barrett to the Supreme Court; the same week that Ruth Bader Ginsberg died, Mitch McConnell brought Barrett's nomination to the Senate floor to vote.
Democrats have proposed a plan in which the Senate would meet in the mornings for the impeachment trial and then resume after lunch for other congressional and lawmaking duties. Although Republicans are correct that this trial may delay Biden's opportunities for lawmaking and confirmations in his initial days, Democrats are determined to make Donald Trump pay for his crimes, his supporters, and the tarnish he's thrown on the country over four years.
Whether or not Democrats will receive support from GOP Senators to convict President Trump seems unlikely, as 2/3 of the Senate, or 67 votes is required to convict; however Mitch McConnell has not publicly stated his support or rejection of impeachment but reportedly has told GOP colleagues that their vote on Trump's conviction should be "a vote of conscience", which opens the door to a non-partisan conviction.
Democrats are still seeking impeachment managers for trial while President Trump is scrambling to find legal aid as Rudy Giuliani is expected to play a role despite the President's instructions to White House staffers to no longer pay Giuliani's legal fees out of frustration as he blames Giuliani for his current predicament. Additionally, John Eastman, a conservative attorney that provided President Trump with the false claim that Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to not certify Joe Biden as the next president could possibly join the Trump legal defense but those talks are still preliminary. President Trump has not formally picked a law firm or lawyer to defend him either, and those possibilities are dwindling as companies refuse to do business with the president following the insurrection at the Capitol.
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