President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial begins in earnest, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him
President Donald Trump is accused of trying to pressure Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 US election to help him win and then trying to thwart a Congressional probe of his behaviour.
The job of these lawmakers, sworn in last week as jurors, is to decide if Trump abused his office and obstructed Congress as charged in two articles of impeachment approved last month by the House of Representatives. Part of the scandal centres on a July 25 telephone call in which Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump's potential opponent in the November vote.
That team, which has recruited high profile lawyers such as Kenneth Starr, who tried to bring down Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, said in the brief: "the Senate should reject the Articles of Impeachment and acquit the president immediately.
He will be abroad as his trial opens; Trump left late Monday for the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland.The first order of business Tuesday will be to set the rules, such as how long they will hear the arguments of the House managers, or prosecutors; how long they will hear the defence; the time allotted for questions, submitted by the senators but read by Roberts; and whether they will call witnesses or seek other evidence.
"On something as important as impeachment, Senator McConnell's resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace," Schumer said in a statement.
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