China News Service, February 10, reported that the 9th local time was the first day of the Senate hearing the impeachment of former US President Trump. Democrats shocked the opening with a 13-minute video of congressional riots.

The Senate also voted the same day to confirm that the impeachment trial of the former president was in line with the Constitution, which paved the way for the trial to continue.

Six Republicans and Democrats voted in favor this time. However, analysis indicated that it is unlikely that Trump will be convicted in the final trial.

　　Trump is the first president in American history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives and the first former president to stand trial in the Senate.

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The Senate confirms that Trump's impeachment case is constitutional!

6 Republicans voted for

　　On February 9, local time, the Senate voted 56 votes in favor and 44 votes against the result confirming that the trial of former President Trump’s impeachment case was consistent with the Constitution.

This vote confirmed that it paved the way for the subsequent impeachment trial procedures to continue.

　　Although some Republicans have called for the dismissal of the proceedings, most senators said that the impeachment trial of former President Trump is constitutional.

Six Republican senators and Democrats voted in favor, confirming that the impeachment trial is constitutional.

　　Earlier, Republican Senator Rand Paul had proposed a motion that the Senate impeachment of the former president was unconstitutional.

However, the motion was rejected. Judging from the voting results, there were five Republican senators who were on the side of the Democrats.

　　However, if Trump is to be convicted in the final trial vote, at least 17 Republican senators and all 50 Democratic senators are required to support in order to reach the legal threshold of a two-thirds majority.

Judging from the result that only six Republicans voted for constitutionality this time, it is still very unlikely that Trump will be convicted.

On January 6, local time, the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to confirm the results of the Electoral College vote was interrupted due to large-scale riots caused by supporters of the current President Trump breaking into the Capitol. The scene was extremely chaotic.

The picture shows the fire in front of the US Capitol in Washington, USA.

Democrat's shocking opening remarks

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13-minute riot video

　　On the first day of Trump's impeachment trial, the Democrats gave a shocking opening remark.

The House impeachment manager took the lead.

On the afternoon of the 9th, the second impeachment trial kicked off with a shocking video clip, forcing congressional senators to relive some of the most tense moments of the deadly congressional riots on January 6.

　　After a procedural vote on the impeachment trial rules, Ruskin, the head of impeachment in the House of Representatives, said that his team's prosecution of former President Trump will be "based on objective facts."

　　As part of the opening remarks, Ruskin played a 13-minute video showing images of Trump-supporting mobs assaulting the Capitol that day. These images are consistent with Trump’s speech to supporters before the riots. The videos are intertwined.

　　The video showed that Trump supporters clashed with police outside the Capitol. Some people were climbing on the walls outside the building, while others were hitting the gates of the Capitol.

Other images showed members of Congress hurriedly evacuating the scene before the mob broke into the parliament hall.

　　The noise from the video clip reverberated in the Senate's proceedings hall, and when the video was finished, the hall was silent.

Ruskin said at this time, "If this is not an impeachable crime, then there is nothing impeachable."

　　The impeachment managers believe that this strategy of broadcasting video information has at least two benefits: First, it makes the information simple and clear and easy to be understood by the public; it will also shorten the trial process so that Democrats can continue to advance the Biden administration’s legislative agenda. Like a new round of bailout bills.

　　They said that once Republican congressmen "see that the president has indeed instigated a violent rebellion in order to preserve power, it is very likely that the unwilling senator will change his mind and vote to convict him."

The second impeachment trial or quick decision

Republicans expected to end trial on the 13th

　　Earlier on the 9th, the Senate voted to pass the impeachment trial rules agreed to by the bipartisan leadership.

　　In introducing the framework resolution, Congressional Senate Majority Leader Schumer said: “This resolution was approved by the former president’s legal counsel, House impeachment manager, and supported by Republican leaders. This is a bipartisan resolution. "

　　Schumer said: "It is our solemn constitutional responsibility to conduct a fair and honest impeachment trial on the allegations against former President Trump. This is the most serious accusation against a US president in the history of the United States. This resolution aims to provide one. A fair trial, I urge the Senate to adopt it."

　　The "opening debate" of the impeachment case will not start until noon on the 10th. The House of Representatives impeachment manager and Trump lawyer team each have 16 hours to present their case.

　　After that, the senators of Congress will have four hours for questioning.

If the impeachment manager of the House of Representatives requests a witness to be summoned, there will be a two-hour debate after the questioning time, and then a vote will be taken.

　　If no witnesses are called, Trump's lawyer and the House of Representatives impeachment manager will each have two hours to conduct closing statements.

Finally, the senators of Congress will vote on whether to convict Trump.

　　Two senators revealed that during lunch, Republicans discussed the possibility of holding a final vote on the evening of the 13th. They expected that Trump’s team of lawyers would not use up 16 hours to present the case, and that the senators would not use it. After 4 hours of questioning time.

　　It remains to be seen whether this is the case, but this is exactly what Republican senators are currently looking forward to, if no witnesses are called.

　　On January 13, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the impeachment clause, accusing former President Trump of “inciting rebellion” during the shock incident on the Capitol on January 6.

Trump has also become the first president in American history to be impeached twice during his tenure, and the first former president to stand trial in the Senate.