Professor: Skulle kunna bli riksrättsåtal mot Trump

Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American political historian who teaches at American University in Washington, D.C.. Excluding the election in 2000, he has successfully predicted every presidential winner in the U.S. Election Process since 1984. He ran for the senate in Maryland in 2006. He was named by American University as the Distinguished Professor of History in 2011, and as Outstanding Scholar/Teacher for 1992–93, the highest faculty award at that school. He is the author of numerous books and has published over 100 articles. A model he created with Russian seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok, known as The Keys to the White House, has accurately predicted the popular vote winner of all of the U.S. presidential elections from 1984 to 2012. In 2000, he incorrectly predicted that Al Gore would win the presidency in 2000 but later claimed that he had predicted the popular vote winner. In 2016, he was wrong in predicting a popular vote win for Donald Trump, although Trump won the Electoral College.

En riksrätt är en domstol eller en domstolsliknande process med uppgiften att behandla åtal mot högre statliga ämbetsmän och befattningshavare, såsom regeringsmedlemmar, domare eller landets statschef. I Sverige avskaffades riksrätten 1974, och dessförinnan hade den inte använts på 120 år. Men i en del andra länder förekommer riksrättinstitutet alltjämt; i till exempel USA kan alla unionens befattningshavare och tjänstemän kallas till förhör i kongressen och kan också av representanthuset ställas inför riksrätt (impeachment) i senaten (se mer om detta längre ner).

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in Queens, New York City, and earned an economics degree from the Wharton School. He then took charge of The Trump Organization, the real estate and construction firm founded by his paternal grandmother, which he ran for over 45 years until 2016. During his real estate career, Trump built, renovated, and managed numerous office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Besides real estate, he started several side ventures and has licensed the use of his name for the branding of various products and properties. He owned the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants from 1996 to 2015, and he hosted The Apprentice, a reality television series on NBC, from 2004 to 2015. His net worth was estimated to $3.5 billion as of 2017, making him the 544th richest person in the world. Trump first publicly expressed interest in running for political office in 1987. He won two Reform Party presidential primaries in 2000, but withdrew his candidacy early on. In June 2015, he launched his campaign for the 2016 presidential election and quickly emerged as the front-runner among 17 candidates in the Republican primaries. His remaining opponents suspended their campaigns in May 2016, and in July he was formally nominated at the Republican National Convention along with Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate. Many of his campaign statements were controversial or false, generating much free media coverage. Trump won the general election on November 8, 2016, in a surprise victory against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He became the oldest and wealthiest person ever to assume the presidency, the first without prior military or government service, and the fifth to have won a presidential election while receiving a smaller share of the popular vote than his opponent. His political positions have been described by scholars and commentators as populist, protectionist, and nationalist.