China News Service, February 7th. According to "Central News Agency", the US Senate is scheduled to hear the impeachment case of former President Trump on February 9. The defense of the Trump lawyers will focus on "procedural objections", including doubts. Whether the outgoing president can be impeached.
On January 6, 2021, Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, and the incident resulted in the death of 5 people. The House of Representatives subsequently passed the impeachment case against Trump, making Trump the first in American history to be impeached twice during his term. Of the president.
Trump's lawyer, Bruce Castor, criticized the upcoming Senate trial as "unconstitutional" and said, "We will raise a series of procedural objections to try to win the lawsuit."
Republican lawmakers also claimed that Congress has no right to hear Trump's impeachment case because Trump has stepped down on January 20.
However, most constitutional experts said that the impeachment of an outgoing president is legal, and if the president commits wrongdoing at the end of his term, he should not be exempt from the accountability procedures stipulated by the constitution.
Experts pointed out that because the impeachment procedure will prevent the parties from holding public office in the future, this is a current issue that must be resolved by the Senate.
The impeachment manager of the House of Representatives had previously invited Trump to testify in the impeachment trial. Trump rejected the case on the 4th and called the case "unconstitutional."