Trump urges Republicans to dump Mitch McConnell.
Trump further blamed McConnell for the party’s loss of two Senate seats in a Georgia runoff election on January 5..
Trump further blamed McConnell for the party’s loss of two Senate seats in a Georgia runoff election on January 5..
A two-thirds majority of the 100 senators was needed at Trump’s impeachment trial for conviction, but it fell short in a 57-43 vote.
Trump’s defense lawyers called the impeachment unconstitutional and an “act of political vengeance.”
They also argue that the Democrats’ true aim is to remove him from the political scene.
Shutting the facility has been a longtime demand of progressive Democrats, whose support helped Biden win the White House in November.
The team charged Trump with stoking an insurrection after losing re-election to Biden on November 3.
US authorities emphasized that they are working closely with the Mexican government and with international organizations and NGOs at the border.
Trump Tower has been the site of many anti-Trump protests over the past four years.
This requires a two-thirds majority, meaning 17 Republicans would need to go along with the 50 Democrats.
Facebook and other social networks also banned Trump after the incident.
Bill Cassidy, said he had previously opposed the trial but changed his mind after hearing the opening presentations.
Democrats are almost certain to be deprived of the two-thirds majority needed
Biden has systematically dismantled many of the more controversial measures of the Trump era..
Trump reversed some LGBTIQ gains at home, particularly on transgender people.
…a former Senator from Delaware, did not comment on how he would vote in Trump’s upcoming Senate impeachment trial
Trump will go on trial in the Senate for the second time in a year beginning next week.
I don’t believe in character assassination and exclusion; it is good for all of us to be together.
But the question of whether impeachment proceedings can begin wholesale after a president has left office is considered even less clear.
Democrats in the US Congress applauded the action while some Republicans were quick to criticise.
The schedule essentially amounts to a two-week delay, which will allow the chamber to conduct normal business in the interim, including confirmation votes on President Joe Biden’s cabinet nominations and potential action on a massive coronavirus relief package.
McConnell spoke of the “unprecedentedly fast” process in the House, where Trump was impeached in a single day.
Biden has made mask wearing in all federal buildings and during interstate travel mandatory.
President Biden addressed the nation minutes after Vice President Kamala Harris was first sworn in, making history as the first woman and person of color to become second in line to the presidency.