Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday (Jan. 25) the creation of an official “Office of the Former President” in Florida to serve as an external medium for public response, organizing events and issuing statements.
Trump’s personal Twitter account has been blocked by the Twitter company since the 8th.
Today, Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, officially opened the Office of the Former President,” according to a press release from the newly created Office of the Former President Trump, “which will be responsible for managing President Trump’s correspondence, public statements, event appearances and official activities to promote the interests of the United States and carry out the Trump Administration‘s agenda through advocacy, organizing and public action.”
“President Trump will always be and remain a champion for the American people,” the press release said.
The Hill reported that the title of former President Trump’s office could fuel speculation that Trump will not run for president again in 2024, to which Trump and his advisers have yet to provide a definitive response.
Trump has not made a public appearance since leaving the White House for his Sea Lake estate in Florida on Jan. 20. Since the Jan. 6 congressional riots, Trump’s personal Twitter account has been banned and other major social media platforms have suspended his account.
Trump had a brief interview with a Washington Examiner reporter at his golf club a few days after leaving office, revealing only that “we’ll do something, not now, but soon.” No further details were subsequently provided.
Trump is preparing his impeachment defense team for a Feb. 8 impeachment hearing in the Senate of Congress.
The House has already sent the second articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate just after 7 p.m. Monday (25). Senators will be sworn in for the trial on Tuesday (26th) in accordance with procedure.
The House voted largely along party lines on the 13th, passing the impeachment bill by a 232 to 197 vote, saying former President Trump committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” by inciting a mob to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Trump became the only president ever to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. The Democratic-held House of Representatives passed the first articles of impeachment against Trump in 2019, accusing him of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The first impeachment was held up by the Democrats for four weeks and sent to the Senate, and the second will be sent to the Senate in less than two weeks, including the swearing-in of President Biden and the Senate hearing of several of Biden’s nominees.
The second impeachment hearing is not being presided over by Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court, but by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
According to a statement issued by Leahy on Monday afternoon, “When I preside over the impeachment trial of former President Trump, I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligation to conduct the trial fairly and in accordance with the Constitution and the law.”
Republicans argued that the move would create a conflict of interest, as Leahy had voted to hold Trump guilty of two articles of impeachment during his first impeachment last February.
There are also Republicans who say the Senate should not impeach a former president and that only Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts is qualified to preside.
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