The impeachment process is an attempt by Democrats to deny former US President Donald Trump the opportunity to run for president in the next election in 2024
This was the opinion expressed at the impeachment trial in the Senate by Michael van der Veen, a lawyer for the former US leader.
The lawyer pointed out that Congress is now pushing for the right to prohibit a private citizen who is no longer in public office from exercising his active suffrage in the future.
“This would turn the formal impeachment process into a mechanism for establishing some congressional control over which private individuals can or cannot run for president”, – van der Veen opined.
According to Trump’s defence counsel, the process is not about Democrats speaking out against political violence, but about trying to neutralise the opposition through their actions.