The former president has been impeached on a charge of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.
Former President Trump’s second impeachment trial will begin Tuesday, when senators will consider whether to convict the former president of incitement of insurrection after a mob of his supporters overran the U.S. Capitol in a deadly attack on January 6. Mr. Trump will likely be acquitted, but senators are still obligated to sit through hours of arguments from House impeachment managers and the president’s attorneys. The House impeached Mr. Trump on January 13, one week after the assault on the Capitol, on a charge of. Ten House Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to impeach Mr. Trump. Here are details of the impeachment trial: The Constitution grants the Senate «the sole Power to try all Impeachments,» with a two-thirds vote required to convict. The president, vice president or any civil officer of the federal government may be impeached and tried. The House has appointed impeachment managers who will act as prosecutors and, along with the president’s attorneys, lay out their case on the Senate floor. The and the president’s lawyers will each have a certain period of time allotted to make their arguments, and then senators may ask questions in writing before the final vote on whether to convict. The Constitution dictates the chief justice of the Supreme Court should preside over an impeachment trial. Chief Justice John Roberts presided during the 2020 impeachment trial of Mr. Trump. However, Senator Patrick Leahy will preside over the trial as president pro tempore of the Senate, as the chief justice and Vice President Kamala Harris have both declined to preside. The president pro tempore is traditionally the longest serving member of the Senate from the majority party. In the final vote on whether to convict Mr. Trump, all 100 senators will stand up and declare whether they believe him to be «guilty» or «not guilty.» House impeachment managers on February 2. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have until February 8 to file a rebuttal. In their memorandum, the impeachment managers argued Mr. Trump was «singularly responsible» for the January 6 attack, making the case the former president encouraged the attack by repeatedly refusing to concede the election while promoting baseless claims about voter fraud and encouraging his supporters to challenge the results.
