02/09/2021

Senate Votes to Move Ahead With Second Trump Impeachment Trial

The lead prosecutor told senators the case would present “cold, hard facts”

The Senate has now voted, deciding that former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is constitutional, even as most Republicans voted against proceeding with the trial.

The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon, 56-44, that the trial is in fact constitutional, even though Trump is no longer in office. Six Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to move forward. Opening arguments in the trial are scheduled for Wednesday at noon Eastern.

Arguments opened Tuesday in the Senate with graphic video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the defeated former president whipping up a rally crowd — “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol!” — as he encouraged a futile fight over his presidency

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