After the House voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, President-elect Biden said the chamber had held the president “responsible” and asked the Senate to fulfill its “constitutional responsibilities” on impeachment – along with “other urgent matters. “.
“Today, in a bipartisan vote, the House voted for President Trump’s impeachment and accountability,” Biden tweeted hours after the 232-197 vote for Trump’s impeachment for “inciting insurrection.” “Now, the process continues in the Senate – and I hope that they will deal with their constitutional responsibilities over impeachment while also working on other urgent matters in this nation.”
Many Democrats pushed for a second impeachment of Trump after a crowd of his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6 in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Biden’s electoral college’s victory.
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Biden remained silent most of the time about whether he supported impeachment. He is about to take office amid an increase in coronavirus cases, a slow release of the vaccine and an economy struggling to recover amid the pandemic.
Since Biden takes office on January 20, and the Senate does not plan to meet again until the 19th, an impeachment trial would likely take place during the first crucial days of his presidency.
Biden spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the end of last week, saying that he “would concentrate on doing his job and let her deal with the impeachment,” a senior Biden adviser on condition of anonymity told The Washington Post.
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Immediately after the siege of the Capitol, Biden denounced the attackers as “demonstrators, rebels and domestic terrorists”, but declined to say publicly whether he supported another impeachment.
On Monday, Biden asked senators if they could “fork” their time between the Senate trial and other businesses.
“Can we continue half a day dealing with impeachment and half a day for my people to be nominated and confirmed in the Senate?” he told reporters he asked lawmakers about concerns about his cabinet nominees, the Post reported.
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Senator Chuck Schumer, who will soon be the majority leader in the Senate, is also looking for ways to speed up the Senate trial, which traditionally would take weeks and leave little time for other businesses, the Post reported.