US Senate sets speedy timeline for Trump impeachment trial
Al Jazeera, 09 Feb 2021
Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to a timeline for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that begins on Tuesday, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Trump's lawyers are denying the charge that the then-President incited his supporters to storm Capitol Hill.
They are also arguing it is unconstitutional to hold a trial for a former president.
But Democrats prosecuting Trump say he has no valid defence.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from the US capital, Washington, DC, the US.
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