House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rejected any notion that former President Trump is on his way to a second Senate acquittal during his impeachment trial.
On Thursday, Pelosi expressed confidence that his impeachment administrators in the House will present a convincing argument to the Senate when the trial begins next week for inciting insurrection.
“They are going to defend the case,” Pelosi said on Thursday during a Capitol news conference. “But I have great confidence in them and we will see if it will be a Senate of courage or cowards.”
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Trump’s legal team said that putting him on trial for inciting the Capitol rebellion on January 6 would be unconstitutional, as he no longer holds public office and therefore the Senate has no jurisdiction. But Democrats are moving ahead with the impeachment trial because they say Trump should be held accountable and deserves the penalty of being prevented from holding public office again if convicted.
Asked why Democrats are bothering about a trial if Trump is already out of power, Pelosi countered that it is about defending the constitution.
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“Why bother? Ask our founders. Why bother? Ask those who wrote the Constitution. Ask Abraham Lincoln. Ask anyone who cares about our democracy,” said Pelosi.
On Thursday, House impeachment administrators asked Trump to appear at his trial and testify under oath about his actions around the January 6 riot that left five people dead, including Capitol policeman Brian Sicknick, whom Pelosi he praised as a “martyr for democracy”.
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For Trump to be convicted, it would take a two-thirds vote in the Senate. This means that all Democrats need to convince 17 Republicans to join them. The remote chances of a conviction became apparent last month, when everyone except five Republicans in the Senate has already voted to reject Trump’s trial and declare the impeachment process unconstitutional.