Impeachment Trial Begins

“The Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed with the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump… The vote came after an afternoon of arguments in which Democrats argued that the trial was on solid legal footing and that the Constitution didn’t include a ‘January exception’ that would allow presidents to go unpunished for improper actions in the final weeks of their tenure. Mr. Trump’s lawyers countered that the Senate can’t try Mr. Trump because he is now a private citizen and that the effort was politically motivated.” (Wall Street Journal)

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