Rep. Jamie Raskin leads other House impeachment managers to deliver an article of impeachment against former president Donald Trump to the Senate for trial on accusations of inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, DC, US, January 25, 2021.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the 100 members of the Senate, who will act as jurors, will be sworn in on Tuesday and a summons issued to the former president. Republican senator John Cornyn said having a senator serve as both judge and juror raised a conflict of interest, but another Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, dismissed his concerns.Leahy said he would take an oath to be impartial.
"We must not give Donald Trump a pass for inciting a deadly insurrection on our Capitol," Nadler said. The House also impeached Trump a year ago for seeking to dig up political dirt on Biden from Ukraine, but he was acquitted by the Senate, where only a single Republican senator, Mitt Romney of Utah, voted for conviction.While more Republican senators may vote to convict Trump this time, it seems unlikely at least 17 of them will do so.
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