US SENATE MAJORITY leader Mitch McConnell has abruptly backed down from some of his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, easing plans for a tight two-day schedule and agreeing that House evidence will be included.The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol as the president’s lawyers opened arguments today in support of McConnell’s plan.
Chief Justice John Roberts gavelled open the session earlier today, senators having taken an oath last week to do “impartial justice” as jurors. Trump, who has been attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said the whole thing was “a total hoax”, as he does regularly, and said: “I’m sure it’s going to work out fine.”
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