Senate officially takes charge of former President Trump

The former president faces a single charge: inciting violence, through his rhetoric resulting in the blood attack on the Capitol on January 6th.

The nine lawmakers who will perform the role of the accuser dicks described the Capitol's central hall, the scene of violent attacks on January 6th, to hand over the charge.

The Senate, even divided on the party line, would have to vote in majority naming at least 2/3 of members, or the 50 Democrats and 17 republics to declare Trump guilty.

A similar procedure was conducted for the first trial of Trump last January.

Donald Trump is the only president of the United States charged twice to be dismissed from office and the first to face trial after leaving office. If the Senate found guilty, it could result in a vote to prevent him from holding an official post in the future.

Under an agreement between the two sides, the trial will not begin until February 9th. This gives former President Trump more time to prepare the defence and enables the Senate to focus on confirming the members of the Cabinet.

Following a two-month campaign of claims without evidence that he had won the election, Trump on January 6th called on his supporters of “to fight” to overturn the outcome. A mob then went to the Capitol, forcing lawmakers to stop the Senate from hiding in safe environments and to push for a few hours to certified Biden's victory.

Ten Republican members of the House of Representatives joined the Democrats in voting to accuse Trump. Numerous Republicans, including their leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, have condemned the violence and criticised Trump for inciting it.

Although many republican senators are reserved in comments, 17 are not expected to vote to declare the former president guilty.

Two influential Republican senators, Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney, expressed opposing positions Sunday about the value of the trial in the Senate for former Republican President Donald Trump, who is accused of inciting rebellion in US Capitol attacks by hundreds of his supporters on January 6th.

Rubio, a senator from Florida, told the show “Fox News Sunday” that Trump “holds responsibility for some of what happened”, but added that he opposes the Senate trial.

This would simply bring us back to what we've been through for the past five years and the trial would be bad for the country, “he said.

This is not a criminal process. This is a political process and will foster divisions that have paralyzed the country”, Rubio said.

Romney, a senator from the state of Utah and former Republican presidential candidates in 2012, told CNN television that he believes that the instigation of the rebellion is a condemned act. If this isn't punishable, what else could it be?”

Senator Romney said he believes Trump was “co-operative in an unprecedented attack on democracy. ”

There is no evidence that these elections were stolen,” said vanney, referring to claims without evidence of former President Trump. The Senate trial begins on February 9th.

Romney was the only republic that voted to convict Trump in his first trial last year. This time there are some republics who have said they are open to convict the former president of inciting the rebellion. /voa/