The New York Times editorial board said it unanimously supported a congressional investigation that might lead to the removal of President Donald Trump, explained why it was so significant, and described it as very important.
Its editorial board, made up of 14 members of columnists and opinion editors, rarely has a unified and unequivocal opinion on public policy or otherwise, although it is a New York Times principle that such a body should have such an opinion on the great things that go through. In the United States.
Enrich the debate
She explained that the aim of the editorial opinion is to enrich the wide debate on the big issues that democracy needs in the country.
She stressed that in the past few days, some opinion writers in the newspaper have made opinions against the investigation to isolate Trump, and others have given opinions in support of him.
Over the past two years, she said, the body has been considering whether to call for an investigation of Trump, and has reviewed its editorials during interrogations of three presidents in 1868 (Andrew Johnson), 1974 (Richard Nixon) and 1998. Bill Clinton); the Commission's conclusions from these reviews varied with different circumstances, but agreed in one thing: hesitation, if not refraining from supporting isolation.
The event that changed the situation
Until last week, every time the editorial board discusses Trump's investigation, it ends up being too excessive, she said, noting that during the Clinton interrogation, some warned that the investigation would become a routine that did not achieve the goal envisioned by the founders. To be the last measure and to protect democracy only so as not to become a political weapon.
But all this has changed over the past week, with Trump disclosed that he pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden, the son of former US vice president.
Trump appears to have used the powers of his office to provide foreign intervention for him in the next presidential election, the panel said. If Trump uses his office's influence to distort the outcome of the upcoming election, voters will not be able to choose freely, and the only possible constitutional measure is an investigation that allows Congress to consider what If the president should be isolated and all the facts involved are revealed.
She said that the editorial board usually makes decisions unanimously, and on rare occasions and when there is a sharp disagreement between the opinions, a vote is held, but this did not happen at all in the recent debate on the investigation of Trump, because all members of the editorial board supported the procedure.