Next phase of Trump impeachment set for next week

By Arul Louis New York, Jan 22 : The next phase of the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump is set to be launched next week when the Senate receives the charges against him from the House of Representatives accusing him of instigating the January 6 storming of the Capitol by his supporters, Democratic Party’s Senate Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday.
He said on the Senate floor that the Articles of Impeachment, as the charges heet voted by the House on January 13 is known, will be sent by the House to the Senate on Monday, paving the way for the judicial-style trial of Trump.
At the impeachment trial, two-thirds of the Senators acting as jurors will have to vote to convict Trump.
The Senate is divided equally with each party having 50 members and the Democrats will have to get 17 Republicans to defect on the issue if Trump is to be convicted.
The first impeachment failed last year when the Democrats could not get the two-thirds vote.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi ceremoniously signed the document that accuses him of instigating an insurrection in his speech to supporters before Congress was to begin the ratification of the electoral college votes confirming Joe Biden as the President-elect. He is also accused of questioning the legitimacy to Biden’s election.