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The directors of the impeachment of former US President Donald Trump from the members of the House of Representatives confirmed today that Trump inciting his supporters to revolt and storming the Congress building is "the most serious constitutional crime ever committed by a president."
Reuters quoted the impeachment directors led by the nine Democrats, who will mainly act as prosecutors, as saying in a written pleading handed to the Senate on the eve of the trial that the evidence against Trump is conclusive and he has no excuse or defense for his actions, and his attempts to evade impeachment are totally useless. To Trump's lawyer earlier requesting that his trial be abandoned.
Most of the members of the US House of Representatives voted on January 13, including ten Republican lawmakers, in favor of passing legislation providing for Trump to be held accountable for incitement to rebellion following the storming of Congress by some of his supporters on the sixth of last month in a wave of unrest that killed five People.
The Senate is scheduled to start Trump's trial on February 9, in the accountability clause, and the 100 senators are scheduled to act as jurors in the trial that may lead to Trump's ineligibility to run for the presidency again.
It is noteworthy that Trump is the first president in the United States to undergo two parliamentary trials with the aim of removing him from office, as the first took place in September 2019 for misusing power to achieve personal goals, while the second is currently taking place after the latter incited his supporters to storm the Congress building, but with the support of a number of senior Republicans for his trial The time.