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Trump team blasts 'absurd' impeachment on eve of trial

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On the eve of Donald Trump's impeachment trial, his legal team Monday denounced the case as unconstitutional, calling it "absurd" to hold the former president responsible for the deadly riot at the US Capitol. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

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