Vice President Mike Pence will not use the 25th Amendment to remove US President Donald Trump from power. US Vice President Mike Pence in the House of Representatives…
Vice President Mike Pence will not use the 25th Amendment to remove US President Donald Trump from power. US Vice President Mike Pence wrote a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing to use the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump and urging Congress to focus on the transfer of power to Joe Biden, avoiding impeachment. Let us tell you that through the 25th Amendment in America, the Vice President and the majority cabinet have the right to remove the President from the post.
In fact, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi had said on Sunday that the House will take impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. At the same time, he also urged the Vice President and the Cabinet to take steps to oust Trump, saying that he (Trump) is a threat to democracy. Pelosi told colleagues in a letter that the House would first vote to allow Vice President Mike Pence to use the powers he has under the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. He said that after 24 hours a bill for impeachment will be brought in the House. Trump will become the only President to face impeachment proceedings twice.
put America's security in deep danger
Democratic members of the House of Representatives have stepped up efforts to impeach outgoing President Donald Trump in the final days of his term, arguing that the President should be held responsible for the unprecedented violence carried out by thousands of his supporters at the Capitol. House Democrats on Monday announced the start of the impeachment process against the outgoing Republican President, with a vote expected to take place by mid-week. The resolution said, President Trump deeply endangered the security of America and its government institutions. The bill proposed by four MPs said that Trump challenged the integrity of the democratic system.
Pressure on Trump to step down increases
As the impeachment process intensifies, the pressure on Trump to step down before his tenure ends. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has compared the uproar and violence of Trump supporters in the US Capitol to the Nazis and described Trump as a failed leader who will go down in history as the worst president ever.
The proposal was also passed in December 2019
In December 2019, an impeachment motion was passed in the House of Representatives against Trump on charges of abuse of power. After several weeks of investigation into corruption allegations against Trump, the Democratic Party's majority House of Representatives in December impeached the President for abuse of office and obstruction of Congress (Parliament). However, these charges were rejected in the Senate after a hearing that lasted for two weeks.
What is the entire process of impeachment?
The process of impeachment is considered quite complex. A long constitutional process had to be completed to impeach US President Donald Trump. In such cases the whole process goes like this
According to the US Constitution, a President can be removed through impeachment before the completion of his four-year term.
– If the President is found guilty of treason, taking bribe, indulging in high crime and misconduct, he can be removed from the post of President.
– What crimes may fall within the scope of high crimes and misdemeanors. Its decision is left to the discretion of Congress.
– Corruption, misconduct and obstructing judicial proceedings are also included in high crimes.
– To remove from office, the House of Representatives can pass a motion of impeachment like a jury with two-thirds majority.
– The Senate has the power to remove the President from his post as a court after passing the impeachment motion.
How many American Presidents have stepped down so far?
Till now in the history of the US Parliament, no President has been removed through impeachment. The House of Representatives has so far passed impeachment motions against three presidents.
– Impeachment motion has been passed in the lower house against Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998 and Donald Trump in 2019. Both Johnson and Clinton were defeated in the Senate.
– In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee started the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, but he resigned before the full House voting.
