More Republicans call for Trump resignation

AFP, Washington Ten days before the end of his term, Donald   Trump faces increasing calls to resign including from the Republican field with the aim of avoiding a complex impeachment process in the middle of the political, health, and economic crisis in the United States.

Following requests from Republican Senators Ben Sasse and Lisa Murkowski, Senator Pat Toomey said on CNN Sunday that a resignation from the president “would be the best way.”

Trump “fell into a level of insanity … absolutely unthinkable” President-elect Joe Biden

“Best for the unity of the country would resign , ” he told ABC ‘s Alan Kitzinger,

Isolated in the White House, abandoned by several of his ministers and estranged from his vice president Mike Pence, Trump does not, however, give any sign that he is considering resigning, according to advisers quoted by the US press.

Suspended on Twitter, and in the rest of the large social networks to avoid new incitements to violence, the president’s options to communicate with the general public are now limited.

Authorities continue to search for pro-Trump protesters who launched death threats against Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the second and third highest-ranking state officials during Wednesday’s assault on the Capitol.

A tall metal barrier has now been erected around that iconic building, while law enforcement has expanded until Biden’s inauguration on January 20, which Mike Pence

Nancy Pelosi, who vowed to take action if the outgoing president does not resign, on Saturday asked her lawmakers to return to Washington this week to decide how to sanction Trump’s responsibility in the violent assault on the Capitol.

In an open letter to parliamentarians, Pelosi did not directly mention a possible impeachment, but deemed it “absolutely essential that those who perpetrated this assault on our democracy be held accountable.” “There must be an acknowledgment that this desecration was instigated by the President,” he added.

An article of impeachment, or impeachment, introduced in the House of Representatives and signed by at least 180 legislators, singles out the Republican president for having “deliberately made statements” that encouraged the invasion of the Congress building by his followers on Wednesday.

According to Democratic lawmaker James Clyburn, the motion could be discussed this week. “It may be Tuesday or Wednesday,” he said on CNN.

It is, however, a long and complicated process, which is why several voices were raised in the Democratic field pointing out that an impeachment trial could stop the projects of President-elect Joe Biden, who has made the response to the covid pandemic -19 the priority of the beginning of his government.

“Let’s give President-elect Biden the 100 days” at the beginning of his term to allow him to take care of the most pressing issues, suggested Clyburn. “We could send the articles [of impeachment] a little later.”

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin estimated, on the contrary, on CNN that an impeachment process after January 20 “would not make any sense.”

“I’m not even sure it’s possible to remove someone who is no longer in power,” added Toomey.

Still, the launch of a second impeachment would leave an indelible mark on Donald Trump’s legacy – no president of the United States has experienced such dishonor.

In power since 2017, Donald Trump was already the target of a first impeachment process in Congress, opened by Nancy Pelosi at the end of 2019 for allegedly having asked a foreign country, Ukraine, to carry out investigations into his Democratic rival, Joe Biden. . He was finally acquitted by the Senate, then a Republican majority, in early 2020.