The US Senate will independently consider the impeachment of Donald Trump.

This decision was made by US President Joe Biden, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. 

She expressed confidence that the Senate can "fulfill its constitutional duty" while continuing to pursue the affairs of the American people.

"He will provide the order, time and specifics of the consideration of the impeachment issue by Congress to them (senators. -

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) themselves," Psaki added.

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We will remind, on January 14, the House of Representatives voted for a resolution to impeach the 45th President of the United States.

232 Congressmen were in favor of his early resignation, and 197 were against. Of the legislators who voted against Trump, 222 were from the Democratic Party, and ten from the Republican.

Congressmen accused the head of state of incitement to rebellion. 

We are talking about the events of January 6, 2021, when Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, demanding a review of the results of the presidential elections held in November. 

Donald Trump, who refused to admit defeat in this campaign, has scheduled a protest for January 6.

Speaking on this day in front of the rally participants, the politician again announced the falsification of the voting results and called on the supporters to peacefully proceed to the Capitol.

However, the march quickly turned into riots, some activists broke into the parliament building.

The incident killed five people.

To impeach Trump, at least two-thirds of senators must vote for this decision.

However, in mid-January, the Senate was on vacation.

Mitch McConnell, who was then the leader of the Republican majority in the upper house of Congress, did not call his colleagues to vote on impeachment.

He also stated that a final verdict could not have been reached anyway before the end of Trump's presidential term.

At the same time, McConnell publicly condemned Trump, accusing him of instigating unrest.

“The crowd was fed lies.

These people were provoked by the president and other influential people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a particular legislative procedure they did not like, ”McConnell said on January 19 in the Senate.

"Anti-constitutional act of revenge"

It is worth noting that after January 20, the Democrats' position in the Senate strengthened, as the Republican Party lost its majority here.

Democrats John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeated Republicans David Peru and Kelly Loeffler in the second round of elections in Georgia on January 5 and were sworn in the day before.

In addition, they were joined by the successor in the Senate from the state of California to the country's new vice-president of Kamala Harris, Alex Padilla.

  • Senator Lindsey Graham

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However, as analysts say, it will still be difficult for Democrats to get Trump impeached, since they need two-thirds of the vote to do so.

"It is unlikely that the Democrats will be able to win over enough Republicans to their side," said Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Research, in an interview with RT.

At the same time, earlier, Lindsay Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged senators to abandon the idea of ​​voting to impeach the ex-president.

Graham set out his arguments in a letter addressed to the new majority leader in the upper house, Chuck Schumer.

"An attempt by the Senate to disqualify a president, who is no longer in office, from office afterwards, would become an unconstitutional act of political revenge, and not a justified constitutional act of protecting the nation by removing the incumbent president from office," the message says.

Graham believes that the impeachment procedure is designed to protect the nation from harm caused by the incumbent president, so it is impossible to impeach a politician after his resignation.

“As soon as the submission for impeachment goes to the Senate, that should vote to reject it.

If we do otherwise, we will postpone the healing of our great nation indefinitely, if not forever, ”wrote Graham on Twitter.

According to Andrey Sidorov, head of the Department of International Organizations and World Political Processes at the Faculty of World Politics at Moscow State University, Graham's position has legal grounds.

“However, here one should take into account that he is a Republican, and, of course, the party does not want to be associated with the second impeachment in history after Nixon.

It spoils her image.

As for Biden's decision not to interfere in the process, it is quite understandable.

If the impeachment procedure continues, talk about his former rival will not subside, which is not beneficial to the incumbent president, "Sidorov explained in a commentary on RT.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Bruter believes that Democrat Chuck Schumer is unlikely to listen to Lindsay Graham.

“They defend different interests and positions,” the expert says.

  • Riots at the Capitol on January 6, 2021

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At the same time, political analysts remind that if the Senate nevertheless decides to impeach Trump, this will deprive the former president of the opportunity to run again for the highest state office.

“Democrats want to prevent Trump from running for office in 2024.

However, many complaints have accumulated against him, so it is unlikely that he will be able to win the party primaries with such a background, ”Sidorov said.

At the same time, Trump himself does not hide plans to continue the struggle for power.

For example, he announced this in early December 2020, during a Christmas reception for members of the Republican National Committee.

“It's been an amazing four years.

And we're trying to turn them into eight.

Otherwise, I'll see you in four years, ”Trump said.

Vladimir Bruter admits that Trump's impeachment may well be declared retroactively, if some Republican senators agree to it.

“Those Republicans who do not want to associate themselves with Trump can vote to impeach.

Even if it hits the position of the Republican Party as a whole, individual senators can proceed from personal considerations, with an eye on local voting in the states, ”the expert explained.

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Andrei Sidorov, in turn, believes that although many Democratic senators would like to take revenge on Trump, impeachment runs counter to the interests of not only the ex-president, but also the new US administration.

“Now the Senate needs to solve much more pressing problems.

Democrats are better off abandoning the idea of ​​impeachment so as not to heat up the political atmosphere, given that Trump is supported by millions of Americans.

And if the impeachment does take place, it will lead to negative consequences for American politics, a precedent of political revenge will arise.

It can also lead to a split in the upper chamber, ”the expert predicted.