MovieMadness Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Trump impeachment trial crashes Biden’s first 100 days President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to collide directly with President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. And there may be little anyone can do about it. Absent the consent of all 100 senators, Trump’s trial for “incitement of insurrection” will start at 1 p.m. on Jan. 20 — just an hour after Biden is sworn into office and Trump becomes a former president, provided the articles arrive by Jan. 19. And only the same consent from the entire Senate will allow the chamber to create two tracks: One to confirm Biden’s Cabinet and pass his legislative agenda, and another for Trump’s impeachment trial. “I’m all for accountability. But I want to make sure that we prioritize our business in a way that gets the Cabinet set and Covid relief legislation moving fast,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in an interview, adding: “Especially after the events of the last week, it’s so critical that we get a Cabinet into place and we show the peaceful and efficient transition from one Cabinet to the next.” Given that many Republicans oppose impeachment or think it’s not even constitutional once Trump has left office, it could be tough to get the cooperation Biden needs to handle a trial alongside Cabinet confirmations and begin work on a new coronavirus stimulus bill. Biden and Democrats say it’s critical to cut a deal that does both, but one single senator can disrupt any effort to multitask. All that makes for an even higher degree of difficulty for Biden’s Cabinet and early legislative priorities to pass the Senate in his critical first few days in office. “We are working with Republicans to try to find a path forward,” said a spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will become majority leader later this month once two new Democratic senators from Georgia are sworn in and Kamala Harris becomes vice president to break ties. Until then, however, Sen. Mitch McConnell is the majority leader. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on MSNBC on Thursday that he spoke to Schumer that morning and that "there has been no exchange or conversation with Senator McConnell about setting a specific time to begin the trial." ************************************************* Biden never should have allowed the impeachment to happen because he will get nothing done for weeks now, and there is nobody to blame. All it takes is one senator to object and the entire time gets devoted to this. Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) Re: Biden never should have allowed the impeachment to happen because he will get nothing done for weeks now, There's nothing Biden could had done about it, he's president ELECT and even if he ask not to impeach would more likely fall on deaf ears. Biden is not concerned about the impeachment and upcoming trail, has a lot on his plate to be focused on ...pandemic #1. Edited January 15 by hamradio Hope I got this worded correctly Link to post Share on other sites
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