Biden Calls On Senate To Pursue Trump’s Impeachment

United States President-elect, Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the Senate to conduct the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump while simultaneously working on other critical issues, indicating a desire to settle the proceedings against Trump that are likely to remain unresolved when Biden takes office.

He said in a statement that the House’s vote “to impeach and hold the president accountable” was “a bipartisan vote cast by members who followed the Constitution and their conscience.”

According to the statement, Biden wants to hit the ground running on a broad spectrum of economic and public health initiatives when he takes office next week.

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He said the Senate needs to be able to follow through on Trump’s impeachment trial while working on his agenda.

“This nation also remains in the grip of a deadly virus and a reeling economy,” Biden continued. “I hope that the Senate leadership will find a way to deal with their Constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation.”

CNN reports that the House voted 232 to 197 on Wednesday to impeach Trump, with 10 GOP lawmakers joining all Democrats to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection” exactly one week after rioters stormed the US Capitol as the House certified Biden’s election victory.

Marking the first time a president has been impeached twice, the process now advances to the Senate, which will conduct a trial.