Members of the U.S. Congress on Saturday demanded emergency legislative action to prevent the Trump administration from taking further military action in Venezuela after the president threatened a “second wave” of attacks and said the U.S. will control the South American country’s government indefinitely. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)…
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It’s called impeachment.
Disclaimer: I’m just some person on the internet with a very very basic understanding of how US politics operates.
They gotta wait till after the midterms. If they flip enough seats they might be able to impeach him. Right now there are too many Republicans that are loyal to him. Even with enough seats an actual conviction might be unlikely given that the current president was already impeachment twice the last time he was in office.
It is also possible that he’s immune to any type of conviction because of the Supreme Court decision a couple years ago shielding the president’s actions while in office.
House of Representatives: 213 (D) 220 ® 2 (Vacant) Senate: 45 (D) 53 ® 2 (Other)
Votes needed for Impeachment in the House: Simple Majority (51% of voting members)
Senate Trial votes needed for conviction: Two-Thirds Majority (~67% of voting members present)
The Senate Trail is conducted by the Chief Justice which is currently John Roberts ®. Conviction in this trail results in removal from office. If the president is not found guilty they are acquitted and can stay office.
Previous presidents stepped down before actually being convicted. That would most likely not be the cause here.
References: https://legalclarity.org/how-can-a-president-be-impeached-in-the-us/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._United_States
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_members_of_the_U.S._Congress
