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A day after Joe Biden was sworn in as US President, Senate Republicans are now calling for Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial to be delayed until February, in order to get the former president time to prepare his defence. Trump is accused of inciting insurrection after his supporters stormed the capital on January 6, becoming the first president in US history to be impeached twice, after the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted in favour of his impeachment.
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Having been previously impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to the Ukraine scandal, he's the first president to be impeached twice. Trump was impeached for 'incitement of insurrection' over his role in triggering the violent siege of the US Capitol on January 6. Five people died in the riot. According to Business Insider, ten Republican lawmakers broke ranks to vote with their Democratic colleagues to impeach the president. The final vote was 232 in favor of impeachment and 197 against.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House must move to impeach President Donald Trump because the country is at “an unprecedented moment in history.” Speaking Tuesday on the eve of a second vote to impeach him, Pelosi said Trump must be charged because of the “seditious attack” on the Capitol by his supporters one week ago.
The vote in the US Senate fell largely along partisan lines between Democrats and Republicans.
On the fourth day of Donald Trump's impeachment hearing, lawyers for the former US president said the charges against him were "monstrous"
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