Having become the first-ever President in American history to be impeached twice, Donald Trump faces another grim prospect, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris presiding over his trial. 

Trump taunted Harris after she dropped out of the Democratic nomination race in 2019, saying “We’ll miss you!” in a tweet. Harris responded by saying, “Don’t worry, Mr. President. I’ll see you at your trial.”

And fate has turned the tables on Trump. Although the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court usually presides over an impeachment trial, media reports claim the vice-president, who is the President of the Senate, could take over the proceedings.

Regardless, she will have the decisive tie-breaking vote with the Senate locked at 50-50. 

Current Chief Justice John Roberts is not fully trusted by Trump, despite being a conservative, after a number of rulings where he sided with liberal justices. However, Harris presiding over the trail represents an even grimmer prospect. 

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has refused to allow the trial to kick off before inauguration day on January 20, and Trump will be tried as a former President. 

However, he is not completely averse to voting to convict Trump. While he backed the President during his impeachment last year, lining himself with the narrative that the Democrats were on a witch hunt, he said on Wednesday he had “not made a final decision” yet, AFP reported. 

The US House of Representatives had on Wednesday passed the article of impeachment against Trump, holding him accountable for the storming of the Capitol Hill by his supporters on January 6.

The House passed the Resolution 24 by a bipartisan majority of 232-197. 

At least 17 Republican Senators will need to join the Democrats in order to meet the two-thirds majority needed to impeach Trump. 10 Republican members of Congress voted to impeach him in the House.