The indictment will be referred on Monday to the "sheikhs"

Republican leader proposes to postpone Trump's trial

Joe Biden talks to McConnell during his inauguration

The leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, the day before yesterday, submitted a proposal to postpone the trial of former president, Donald Trump, until mid-February, so that Trump's legal team could prepare for the defense, but the leader of the Democrats in the House, Chuck Schumer, confirmed The indictment will be forwarded Monday to the Senate, which approved yesterday the appointment of Lloyd Austin to the post of Defense Secretary, to be the first African American to lead the "Pentagon" in American history.

In detail, members of "Congress" seek to put Trump in front of a trial on charges of "inciting rebellion", as his supporters stormed the headquarters of "Congress" on January 6.

McConnell said in a statement that he had proposed a timetable for the trial, which he had brought to the leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer.

He added, "I sent a proposed timetable regarding the first stages of the upcoming impeachment trial to Chief Schumer, and I look forward to continuing to discuss the matter with him."

McConnell's timeline suggests that the House of Representatives present the trial provisions to the Senate on January 28, then give Trump's legal team 14 days to prepare their pre-trial brief.

McConnell said, in his statement, that "Republicans in the Senate are strongly united behind the principle that the Senate establishment, the presidential office, and former President Trump himself all deserve a complete and fair process (trial) that respects his rights and the real, legal and serious constitutional questions raised."

"At this time of strong political sentiment, Republicans in the Senate absolutely must not allow a half-completed process to cut short the appropriate way President Trump deserves, or harm the Senate or the presidency," he added.

With this step, Trump becomes the only president in the history of the United States to be held twice accountable to "Congress."

For her part, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, refused yesterday to give a time frame for the date of Trump's trial on charges of "inciting rebellion."

Pelosi said, in a press conference she held at the Capitol, that the next few days will witness discussion of the date of Trump's trial in the "Congress", adding that sending the articles of accusation to the Senate is linked to the extent of the House's willingness to receive it or not.

Later yesterday, Chuck Schumer announced that the indictment against former president Donald Trump would be referred, on Monday, to the Senate, which has the authority to prosecute him for "incitement to revolt."

Schumer said that Nancy Pelosi "informed me that the indictment will be referred to the Senate on Monday," noting that Trump is accused of inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol building on January 6, while members of "Congress" were gathered to confirm the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential elections.

Last week, the US House of Representatives voted to indict Trump with "incitement to rebellion", after his supporters stormed the "Congress" headquarters on the sixth of this month.

The accusation that members of Congress seek to direct against Trump comes against the backdrop of a speech he delivered at a gathering of his supporters to denounce the results of the recent presidential elections, which he claimed without evidence that they were fraudulent in favor of his rival, Joe Biden.

On the other hand, the US Senate approved yesterday the appointment of Lloyd Austin to the position of Secretary of Defense, where he received broad support from Democrats and Republicans alike, although he needed to obtain a special exception from "Congress" as he was recently retired, and he was nominated for a position usually reserved. For civilians.

US President Joe Biden chose Austin for the post last December, about a month after he won the US presidential elections.

The military commander played an important role in leading delicate missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and high-ranking military sources from Iraq who spoke to Al-Hurra described him as "an intelligent, calm and strong general, with great knowledge of what is happening in the Middle East."

The Iraqi sources, who confirmed that she had met with Austin several times, said that he is "a military man more than a politician, and he enjoys high professionalism."

Austin led the US forces that entered Baghdad in 2003, then moved to Afghanistan until 2005, and in 2008 he commanded a multinational corps in Iraq and participated in several operations there.

During the era of President Barack Obama, he became Commander-in-Chief of US forces in Iraq in 2010, then he ran for the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, to take over the position in January 2012, and in 2013 Austin became Commander of the US Central Command, Centcom.

Khamenei's account urging revenge for Soleimani and threatening Trump in a tweet

An account linked to the Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, posted on Twitter a tweet calling for revenge for the killing of the commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guard, Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani, and it appears that it is directly targeting the former US President, Donald Trump, who ordered the operation.

The tweet, which was published shortly before midnight on Thursday, Friday, on the account of "Khamenei SITE", which is Khamenei's website, and wrote in Farsi: "There is no escape from revenge ... Soleimani fought and whoever ordered to kill him will receive revenge."

The tweet was attached to a composite image of Trump playing golf on the seaside, and the green field shows the shadow of a warplane.

Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, who is assigned to perform external duties, was killed at dawn on the third of January 2020, along with the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in an air strike near Baghdad airport.

Khamenei has repeatedly pledged revenge for Soleimani's death.

On January 1, during a ceremony commemorating Soleimani, the head of Iran's judiciary, Ibrahim Raisi, warned that Soleimani's killers "will not be safe, anywhere in the world."

Raisi said, at the time, that even US President Donald Trump, who ordered the assassination of Soleimani, "cannot evade justice."

The tweet, which was posted on the Khamenei website, stated that "revenge may happen at any time."

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Members of "Congress" are seeking to put Trump on trial for "inciting rebellion", against the backdrop of his supporters storming the headquarters of "Congress".

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