Majority of US Senate says Trump impeachment trial is constitutional

A majority of the #US Senate on Tuesday voted to hold a full #impeachment trial of former President Donald #Trump when they backed Democrats' argument that the proceeding is allowed under the US Constitution. Trump's lawyers argued that as a former president, the Senate has no legal standing for holding a trial on the House of Representatives' impeachment charge that he incited an insurrection while in office.
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