Trump’s Impeachment
By: Julia Zhou
On the civilian streets, you may see bright-blue flags emphatically declaring four more years of Trump command, or yard signs shrieking: Trump-Pence! However, after his presidency of four years, former President Donald Trump has been replaced by now-President Joseph R. Biden. His management has been anything but anodyne, as seen by accusations of him inciting January 6th’s Capitol protests. Recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed Trump’s impeachment.
Impeach: noun
1: to charge with a crime or misdemeanor
Specifically: to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office
2: to cast doubt on
Especially: to challenge the credibility or validity of
See:
Impeachment
Impeachable
(From Merriam-Webster)
To be impeached is to be incriminated. In other words, it means someone accuses a government official of some sort of something, though it is possible for the official to be released of charges without leaving office and such.
On the fateful day of September 24th, 2019, Trump suffered a first blow: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposed Trump’s impeachment along with the “Formal impeachment inquiries” of six committees, meaning Trump would be forced to leave presidential office if Parliament voted to at a 2:3 ratio, because of his alleged “interactions” with the country of Ukraine. Trump was impeached but not removed from office, by decision of the Constitutional office due to lack of evidence.
Recently, prior to the raid of the U.S. Capitol, Trump was charged with “the Trump-Raffensperger” scandal, in which the Georgia Secretary of State was pressured into changing votes for the 2020 election in a phone call. Trump had been confirmed to losing the election, but Trump was not content with the outcome, resulting in his speaking to officials to change votes or recount ballots. This occurrence was, however, publicized in a recording of the call, with Trump asking Raffensperger to “find more votes” and seeming to threaten him.
On Wednesday, some weeks ago, Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol, resulting in 5 deaths on-scene and some resulting injuries later. Many arrests were dished out, and Pelosi and others proposed an impeachment of Trump, stating Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress for violation of federal law (unfairly getting or attempting to get votes) and inciting insurrection.
On Monday, Trump and Pelosi will go to court for a trial. If the House of Representatives decree Trump’s guilt, he will face further legal charges.
Trump is the third president to be impeached, after Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon.
He is the first president to be impeached twice.
Sources apnews.com