Washington-SANA
The leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, announced today that the trial of former President Donald Trump as part of his second impeachment in the House will proceed at a "relatively fast" pace.
Reuters quoted Schumer as saying at a news conference in New York that Trump's trial "will be fair but it will proceed at a relatively fast pace," adding that it should not take too much time because we have a lot to do.
Democrats and prominent Republicans had called for Trump to be dismissed days before the end of his presidential term by activating the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the American Constitution, which permits the removal of the President from office if he is unable to carry out his duties or through a parliamentary trial in Congress against the background of Trump's supporters storming the Congress building. Capitol ”on the sixth of this month.
Trump is the first American president to face a parliamentary trial for the second time during his term, as he was put on trial in September 2019 for abusing power to achieve personal goals.
