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Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal
Legislators are pushing for an independent commission to prevent any repeat of the insurrection.
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Legislators are pushing for an independent commission to prevent any repeat of the insurrection.
The second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump ended in a similar manner to the first with his acquittal.
The former president was defiant after his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial last night.
The former US president was accused of inciting the deadly riot at the US Capitol last month.
The case is speeding towards a conclusion and near-certain acquittal.
The second day of Trump’s impeachment trial is underway this evening.
A vote on whether it is constitutionally permissible to prosecute Trump will take place later tonight.
The trial is set to begin at 6pm Irish time.
Lawyers for the former president have attacked the case on multiple grounds.
The proceedings are scheduled to begin tomorrow, just over a month since the deadly riot at the US Capitol.
Donald Trump’s legal team are expected to argue that the US Senate cannot impeach the ex-president as he is no longer in office.
Donald Trump had wanted the lawyers to continue his baseless claims of mass election fraud.
The trial’s first procedural vote, a 55-45 tally against dismissing the impeachment, suggests Trump still has GOP support.
Arguments in the Senate trial will begin on the week of 8 February.
The impeachment trial is scheduled for the second week of February.
Republicans had pushed for a delay to give Trump a chance to prepare a defence on the sole charge of incitement of insurrection.
A charge of incitement of insurrection is being brought against the former president.
Ahead of an insurrection on 6 January, Trump told thousands of his supporters to “fight like hell” against the election results.
The vice president said the mechanism should be reserved for cases of medical or mental incapacitation.
Trump arrived in Texas to trumpet his campaign against illegal immigration in an attempt to enhance his legacy.
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as his successor next week.
President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated on 20 January.
The decision was taken at Cabinet this morning, which effectively rules out an impeachment motion being moved by the Government.
The US President said he’d lost faith in Michael Atkinson.
The US president was acquitted of all charges in his Senate impeachment trial this week.
The starting gun in the 2020 presidential race was shot this week.
He was acquitted of both charges earlier today.
Trump was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress.
The Senate is to vote at 4pm (9pm Irish time) tomorrow.
The Democrats had wanted testimony from John Bolton.
If senators vote not to hear from any more witnesses, Trump could be acquitted by the end of the day.
The White House, meanwhile, is seeking to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book.
The defence in the Trump impeachment trial closed their initial arguments yesterday.
White House counsel have begun outlining their case against the charges laid against the president.
Democrats have an uphill battle to convince Republicans, and week one of the impeachment trial was a partisan affair.
The Democrats are continuing to push their impeachment case against the President in the Senate.