Trump claims impeachment  vote attempt at coup d’etat

WASHINGTON – One step away from becoming the third president of the United States to face a political trial, Donald Trump launched a furious attack on the Democratic opposition on Tuesday, which he accused of waging an “open war against democracy.”

Less than three months after the Ukrainian scandal broke out, the House of Representatives, controlled by the Democrats, will decide on Wednesday if it approves accusations of “abuse of power” and “obstruction to the work of Congress” against the president.

“Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will exercise one of the most solemn powers granted by the Constitution , when it

meets to approve two articles of accusation against the president,” said Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday in a letter to the legislators of his match.

A committee of the House debated on Tuesday, in a climate of confrontation, the latest technical rules for voting.

In a letter in an extraordinarily choleric tone sent to Pelosi, in which he names the charges against “deceptive”, “without values” and “absurd”, he accuses him of “undermining democracy” and warns him that “history he will judge her harshly. “

For the president, the vote in the lower house is “nothing more than an attempt at an illegal and partisan coup d’etat” motivated by resentment, accusing Democrats of being “unable to accept the verdict of the polls.”

In the letter, he presents himself as a victim of a “vicious crusade” and states that he will be successful in this process: “I have no doubt that the American people will hold him, along with the Democrats, in the 2020 elections.”

The impeachment process divides the American population: 45% want Trump to be dismissed (77% among Democratic voters) while 47% oppose, according to a CNN-SSR poll.

A handful of moderate Democratic lawmakers, elected in Trump-friendly constituencies, have said they will support the president’s trial, even if they run the risk of losing voters.

Only two of the 231 Democratic representatives could vote in favor of Trump, while none of the 197 Republican deputies have announced to date their support for the president’s impeachment process.