Senate nixes GOP effort to thwart impeachment
U.S. senators on Tuesday were sworn in for the impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump -- the only president to have been impeached by the House of Representatives twice, and the first to face a trial after leaving power.
Right off the bat Republican Senator Rand Paul, attempted to halt Trump's upcoming trial on the basis that is it 'unconstitutional' because Trump is no longer president.
"Article 2, section 4 of the Constitution says, the president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors... As of noon last Wednesday, Donald Trump holds none of the positions listed in the constitution. He is a private citizen."
That effort failed -- but 45 Republican Senators sided with Paul -- including now Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said just last week that Trump 'provoked' the mob that stormed the Capitol.
Only five Republicans voted down the effort, which signals a weak appetite among GOP lawmakers to convict the former president.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hit back at the notion of constitutionality.
"By constitutional text, precedent and common basic sense, it is clearly and certainly constitutional to hold a trial for a former official. Former President Trump committed, in the view of many including myself, the gravest offense ever committed, by a president of the United States."
That offense being the incitement of insurrection by Trump supporters on January 6th, while Congress was in session to symbolically certify electoral college votes confirming Joe Biden as president.
The trial is set to begin on February 9th. At least 17 Republicans would need to join all 50 Democrats in the evenly divided Senate for Trump to be convicted, a two-thirds threshold that appears unlikely to be reached.
相關影片推薦
- 2:44北京電動車展登場 中國品牌「內卷」大戰 117款新車首度亮相Yahoo奇摩(國際通)16,773 次觀看・18 小時前
- 1:39世界第一台獲認證飛行車AirCar 喜迎首名乘客 將在中國生產 售價1629萬起Yahoo奇摩(國際通)11,311 次觀看・15 小時前
- 1:46百年米粉廠食安出包 炊粉遭控藏「老鼠屎」.業者:異物疏失華視影音11,457 次觀看・17 小時前
- 2:42一分鐘報天氣 / 週六 (04/27) 鋒面系統影響 持續短暫陣雨或雷雨 留意局部較大雨勢發生Yahoo奇摩新聞(報氣象)3,829 次觀看・14 小時前
- 1:26女長期睡機場又大鬧國門 不聽勸阻遭警驅離東森新聞影音323,819 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:582024環球小姐取消年齡上限 阿根廷60歲佳麗驚歎出線 爭取為國爭光Yahoo奇摩(國際通)23,650 次觀看・18 小時前
- 1:49北市災防演習! 模擬山腳斷層地震、蔣萬安坐鎮指揮|#鏡新聞鏡新聞6,750 次觀看・16 小時前
- 1:43外包司機害命警網追 3公里外交流道棄車逃亡|#鏡新聞鏡新聞18,038 次觀看・10 小時前
- 1:09《淚之女王》即將大結局!預告搶先看 金秀賢一句話讓金智媛瞬間愣住了娛樂星聞7,090 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:56新北議會衝突!陳明義兒2022選同區 早與蔣根煌結樑子民視影音100,970 次觀看・2 天前
熱門必看
- 12:45心理測驗:你愛上同性的機率?唐老師一時口誤節目差點變18禁!?Ep.215-2唐綺陽談星室32,187 次觀看・4 天前
- 14:25昏暗老公寓化身質感美宅 空間感、採光起死回生簡直魔法Yahoo創作摩人7,824 次觀看・2 天前
- 0:18傳承老一輩甜品作法,最純粹的美味!板橋Edenx食旅23,487 次觀看・3 天前
- 16:22『橫濱一日遊』帥爆!見鋼彈最後一面!人也排到爆的橫濱家系拉麵!生日圓夢之旅最終章!戴妮塔 Nita & Dai's Daily5,360 次觀看・23 小時前
- 31:57【日本自由行】大阪→廣島5天4夜完整攻略🤩萬博紀念公園、姬路城、嚴島神社、和平紀念公園、廣島紙鶴塔、岡山倉敷美觀、大倉酒店、八天堂|日本旅遊・Japan 4K vlog吉田社長交朋友16,206 次觀看・4 天前