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Hours before a historic vote in the House of Representatives that, predictably, will pass the political trial against the US president, Donald Trump sent a tough letter to the Democrats, whom he accused of pushing for a "declaration of war on democracy."

"By proceeding with their invalid political trial, they are violating their oaths before the charge, breaking their respect for the Constitution and supposing a declaration of war on American democracy ," Trump said in the letter to the president of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

The letter, of six pages and unusual roughness , is one of the most virulent attacks of the president to the Democratic opposition and reflects the sharp political tension that the United States is currently experiencing.

Trump sent the letter at the same time that the House's normative committee discussed the rules of voting, this Wednesday, on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice against President Donald Trump. A vote that will probably come forward thanks to the Democratic majority. The political trial will take place in the Senate.

"You are the ones who interfere with the US elections. You are the ones who subvert democracy. You are the ones who obstruct Justice . You are the ones who are bringing pain and suffering to our Republic for your selfish personal, political and partisan benefit," the president accused. .

For this reason, he demanded from Pelosi and the Democrats the "immediate cessation" of the process of political destitution, which he called "fantasy."

Third president to face a political trial

If approved, Trump will become the third president of the United States to face a political trial in the Senate and the first of the 21st century, and thus enter History by swelling a list in which Bill Clinton is (1993-2001) and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).

Clinton and Johnson were finally acquitted by the upper house, and it is likely, given the Republican majority in the Senate, that Trump will do the same.

There the Republicans maintain control by a slight margin, from 53 versus 47, to which is added that the political trial also requires a two-thirds majority, so that his removal from Trump seems highly unlikely.

The whole process has been carried out in the midst of scathing criticism and partisan accusations.

The leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, considered the procedure as "bungling and hurried," so he rejected the call for new witnesses as the Democrats ask.

"It is not the job of the Senate to fill the void and desperately look for ways to reach the verdict of 'guilty," he said in a Senate intervention on Tuesday.

McConnell responded in this way to the road map presented Monday by the leader of the Democratic minority in the Upper House, Chuck Schumer, for the political trial from January against the president and that he would have new witnesses as the former National Security advisor White House John Bolton and Acting Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney.

"This is the most hasty, least comprehensive, and most unfair political trial investigation in modern history," said the Republican leader.

Therefore, McConnell urged the House of Representatives "to back off the cliff" and vote against the approval of the charges against Trump.

In September, Democrats announced the start of a recall investigation against Trump after an informant revealed to the Intelligence services the content of a telephone conversation in July between the president and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski.

In it, the American ruler pressured the Ukrainian to open inquiries against his political rival and former vice president, Democrat Joe Biden , and his son Hunter for alleged corruption in that country.

This Monday the Judicial Committee of the Lower House published the details of the case in a 658-page document, which concludes that Trump "has betrayed the nation" in search of his personal interest.

The text states that Trump is charged politically for "serious crimes and offenses," according to the US Constitution, having allegedly abused his power and obstructed the work of Congress.

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