France – World | A dismissal procedure launched against Donald Trump

Democrats have announced an investigation into the dismissal of Donald Trump, who is believed to have asked the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. The procedure, however, is unlikely to result in the removal of the US president.

"The actions of the President to date have violated the Constitution," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "and today I announce that the House of Representatives is launching an official investigation for a dismissal procedure. "

On a practical level, she asked the six committees of the lower house that are already investigating the Republican President to be placed in the context of this procedure. In concrete terms, this means that if they collect enough evidence, they will be able to draft indictments, which will be put to the vote in plenary.

Democrats with a majority in the House, President Trump runs a serious risk of being impeached, which has only happened to two of his predecessors in the whole story the United States. He will however be judged by the Senate, still controlled by the Republicans. Only a two-thirds majority vote could result in his dismissal, which seems unlikely at this stage.

* After judging earlier that such a procedure would be "positive" for his re-election, the White House tenant denounced "a gutter's witch hunt": "Such an important day at the United Nations, so much work , so successful, and the Democrats decided to ruin everything, "he tweeted.