The ruling and opposition parties violently fight for President Trump's impeachment trial January 22 11:53

An impeachment trial has begun over whether to dismiss US President Trump over Ukrainian charges. President Trump has pleaded guilty, while opposition and Democrats have criticized that they are not allowed to call for the necessary witnesses.

Opposition and Democratic parties last month claimed that President Trump had blamed `` power abuse '' for putting pressure on Ukraine for his own political interests and `` parliamentary obstruction '' that had hindered parliamentary investigations. An impeachment trial was held in the House of Representatives of the United States, and on the afternoon of January 21, early in the afternoon of Japan time, a trial of an impeachment trial to decide whether to dismiss the President in the Senate began.

On the first day, a resolution on how to proceed with the impeachment trial was heard, and a White House counsel, Cipolone, who heads Trump's defense team, said, "The only conclusion is that the president has done nothing wrong." He asserted innocence and showed a straight fighting attitude.

`` Most U.S. citizens do not believe that a fair trial will be held, and believe that the results are already in place, '' said Democratic Representative Schiff, a prosecutor in the impeachment trial. He criticized the Republicans' negative attitude toward summoning witnesses.

He also argued that for a fair trial, it would be necessary to call on former Bolton assistant aides, who were allegedly in a position to know the truth of the allegations, as witnesses.

In a trial, Democrats also called for submissions of documents and records within the administration over the Trump administration's temporary suspension of military assistance to Ukraine, but the Senate rejected a majority Republican party from day one. A fierce battle is being unfolded.

Going forward, the Republican Party's strategy is to end the trial as early as this month and start early, but Democrats want to appeal to public opinion by calling important witnesses in a trial broadcast live nationwide. By thinking, the opposition between the ruling and opposition parties set in an impeachment trial is expected to become even more acute.

Third US President in history

The United States President is the third-ever Trump president ever to be given an impeachment trial, following President Johnson in 1868 and President Clinton in 1999.

The composition of the impeachment trial

In the trial, the Senate plays the role of court, with the Supreme Court of Justice Roberts serving as presiding judge of the impeachment trial and all members of the Senate acting as juries.

The role of prosecutor in pursuit of President Trump was played by seven members of the House of Representatives, including the Democratic Party's Chief of Information Schiff, who took charge of the investigation into impeachment in the House of Representatives. It is led by a lawyer.

The lawyers included former Independent Prosecutor Star, who led the alleged investigation during the impeachment of former President Clinton, and former American football superstar OJ Simpson, who disturbed the United States in the 1990s. Notable lawyers, including Dawshowitz, a lawyer who won acquittal in the case, have joined.

How to proceed with the trial

In the trial, it is expected that both the prosecution and the defense will make an "opening statement" after first discussing how to proceed in the future.

According to a resolution submitted by the House of Representatives Republican of the Congress Senator MacConnell on Wednesday, "opening statements" are distributed to both parties for three days, 24 hours a day.

Later, a senator as a jury will ask questions for up to 16 hours.

As a result of the hearing, a senator serving as a jury would vote "guilty" and "innocent" for "abuse of power" and "jail to parliament," but the Democrats in the trial He wants to call on Bolton's assistants, who are known to know the truth, as witnesses and draw testimony against President Trump.

If more than two-thirds of the members present by vote vote "guilty," Trump will be fired.

However, the Republican Party occupies a large part of the Senate, so the possibility of dismissal is considered low.