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The US House of Representatives passed a resolution formally requesting Vice President
Mike Pence
and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove outgoing President Donald Trump, against whom he is now preparing to push for
a new political trial.
In a session held six days after Trump supporters
attacked the Capitol in Washington,
where five people were killed, congressmen approved by 223 votes in favor and 205 against the initiative.
In the resolution, the congressmen ask Pence to declare Trump
"incapable of executing the duties of his office
and of immediately exercising the powers as acting president."
However, the vote became
a mere formality given
the refusal of the second of the Trump Administration to move in that direction.
Pence anticipated the vote by releasing hours earlier a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Lower House, Democrat
Nancy Pelosi,
calling for "avoiding actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment."
"I WILL NOT GIVE UP"
"I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or is consistent with our Constitution," said the vice president about the mechanism promoted by progressives with
eight days left
until
Trump's term ends
.
"Last week," Pence emphasized, "I did not give in to pressure to exercise beyond my constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the elections and now
I will not give in to the efforts of the House of Representatives to play political games
at such a serious time. in the life of our nation. "
The vice president thus made a tacit allusion to Trump's pressure to assume powers that did not correspond to him under the Constitution and
interfere with the session of both houses
of Congress called to certify the victory of Joe Biden in the elections last November.
The newspaper
The New York Times
revealed today
part of a telephone conversation
that Trump past Pence said Wednesday in a last attempt to convince him
to reversed the outcome of the elections.
"You can go down in history as a patriot,
" Trump told Pence, according to the version of the New York newspaper, which cited the testimonies of two people briefed on the conversation.
In his letter, Pence warned that using that amendment
"would set a terrible precedent"
and vowed to ensure "an orderly transition of power."
TRUMP SEES "ZERO RISK" REMOVAL
During the day, Trump broke his silence and in the first statements to the press after what happened in the Legislative Assembly, he defended how
"totally appropriate" his harangue for his followers to march to the Capitol.
"If you read the speech (...) people thought that what I said was
totally appropriate,"
said the president.
Already in Texas, where he went to inspect the progress in the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico, the president assured that there is
"zero risk" that his cabinet will remove him from office.
"Amendment 25 is zero risk for me, but
it will take its toll on Joe Biden and his Administration.
As the expression says, be careful what you wish for," Trump said, without clarifying what he meant, given that the president-elect does not it has come to explicitly request that this mechanism be activated.
Trump also called the opening of the second impeachment trial against him
"absolutely ridiculous"
and "a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics."
NEW TRIAL
Democrats will seek this Wednesday to accuse the president of the charge of
"inciting insurrection"
, an effort that has won the support of at least four Republican legislators:
Adam Kizinger, a
congressman from Illinois;
Liz Cheney,
congresswoman from Wyoming;
John Katko,
Congressman from New York;
and
Fred Upton,
Congressman from Michigan.
The
New York Times
also revealed that the Republican leader of the Senate,
Mitch McConnell,
was satisfied with a possible impeachment against Trump and that he believes that a possible impeachment could help
purge his party of followers of the current president.
The process started this Monday in the Lower House promises to force the Senate to subject Trump to a political trial that will take place
when Biden is already in power,
and which therefore will not have as its main objective the removal of the president but his possible disqualification from hold future political positions
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