The machine is working. Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will likely start on Tuesday, January 21, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday.
"Preliminary stages", like the swearing in of senators before the head of the Supreme Court charged with supervising the debates, could take place at the end of this week, he specified during an exchange with the press .
Why should I have the stigma of Impeachment attached to my name when I did NOTHING wrong? Read the Transcripts! A totally partisan Hoax, never happened before. House Republicans voted 195-0, with three Dems voting with the Republicans. Very unfair to tens of millions of voters!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2020Democrats' chief Nancy Pelosi had already assured Sunday that she had enough evidence to dismiss the American president. "Why should I have the stigma of impeachment stuck to my name when I have done NOTHING hurt," said Donald Trump on Twitter.
A "witch hunt"
In a later tweet, Donald Trump said the case should be closed without trial, saying that any Senate proceedings would provide undue credibility to what he sees as a "witch hunt" being waged against him by his Democratic opponents.
The current White House tenant last month became the third president in the history of the United States to be indicted in the House of Representatives - "impeached" in the Ukrainian affair. However, he is unlikely to be removed from the Senate, where the majority Republican elected representatives remain loyal to him.
“We trust impeachment. And we believe that there are enough testimonies to dismiss him ”, had assured on the contrary Nancy Pelosi, democratic president of the lower house.
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