There was no suspense. In the trial for the impeachment of the American president, the Senate voted on Wednesday to discharge the charge of "abuse of power" by 52 votes to 48. The second vote on "obstructing Congress" will follow and should end with the same result. After four months of a bitter battle, the standoff of impeachment is officially over, and Donald Trump can now look to the presidential election on November 3.
One by one, the senators replied "guilty" or "not guilty". In the end, only Mitt Romney stepped out of the Republican rank, becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president of his party. Donald Trump "asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. The President lobbied by suspending vital military aid to this allied country at war with Russia. The president's objective was personal and political, ”he said, in a grave tone. Quoting his oath "before God" to "defend the constitution", the former candidate concluded: "In this sense, he is guilty of a dreadful violation of public confidence",
"The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor," Romney said.
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But most of the undecided Republicans, like Susan Collins or Lamar Alexander, felt that even if the acts of Donald Trump were "inappropriate", they did not justify voting to dismiss him, especially with the presidential elections of November 3 in focus. .
"Donald Trump strengthened"
After his State of the Union address on Tuesday focused on his economic performance, Donald Trump can now focus on his re-election campaign. And it "emerges from reinforced impeachment," said Doug Heye, former director of communications for the Republican Party. "As after the Mueller report, he will be able to claim, even if it is not completely the case, that it is a total exemption, and to denounce a partisan witch hunt. "
According to a poll by the Gallup Institute published Tuesday, with 49% of favorable opinions, the popularity rating of Donald Trump has also reached its highest level since his election.
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