This is a boost to the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. Congressional Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday (December 5th) called for the impeachment of the US president, which she said was "an abuse of power".

"We will win" the battle, responded the White House tenant saying he was looking forward to the trial in the Senate, where the Republican majority should in all probability pay, perhaps as early as January.

In a formal address, Nancy Pelosi asked the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to begin drafting the impeachment articles.

"The president does not leave us any other choice because he tried again to corrupt our elections for his own benefit," she said solemnly. He "abused his power, weakened our national security and endangered the integrity of our elections," she said.

The Democrats have opened an investigation into dismissal against Donald Trump after learning he had asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, well placed to face it in the presidential election of 2020.

Their investigations, marked by the hearing of 17 witnesses, showed that an invitation to the White House to President Volodymyr Zelensky was conditional on the announcement of the investigations on Joe Biden.

Nearly $ 400 million in aid to Ukraine, in armed conflict with Russia, has, according to senior officials, also served as a means of pressure.

Donald Trump should be acquitted in the Senate

After this phase of investigation, parliamentarians began the legal debate on Wednesday to find out whether the allegations against the president correspond to one of the grounds for dismissal provided by the Constitution: "treason, corruption or other crimes and major crimes."

Three law professors from prestigious universities, invited by the Democrats, answered in the affirmative. A fourth, called by the Republicans, found the evidence "insufficient".

On this basis, Nancy Pelosi wished to proceed to the impeachment of the president. These charges could be included in the items to be voted on in plenary in the House of Representatives, presumably before Christmas.

Given the balance of power in this chamber, Donald Trump is almost certain to become the third president of history indicted in Congress, after Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998.

Like them, he should be acquitted in the Senate. It would require a two-thirds majority to remove him, which seems very unlikely as the elected officials of his party block around him.

"We will win"

"Republicans have never been so united, we are going to win," tweeted Donald Trump after Pelosi's announcement, to whom he also said, "if you have to charge me, do it now, quickly so that we have a fair trial in the Senate, so that our country can get back to work. "

The real estate mogul has hinted that he will use his trial as a political forum. "We will reveal, for the first time, how corrupt the system is," he said.

According to a survey published by the site FiveThirtyEight.com, Americans are very divided about the possible dismissal of their president: 46.8% of respondents are for, and 44.5% are against.

With AFP