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Trump impeachment: Senate votes to proceed with trial

Divided chamber finds process constitutional during emotional day as Democrats recount Capitol attack

A divided US Senate voted to proceed with the historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump after an emotional opening day in which the prosecution argued that the former president was singularly responsible for inciting the deadly assault on the US Capitol while the defense warned that the proceedings would further cleave a divided nation.

After nearly four hours of debate in the same chamber that was invaded by pro-Trump rioters on 6 January, the Senate voted 56 to 44 on the question of whether there was a constitutional basis for putting an impeached former president on trial. Six Republicans joined all Democrats in a vote that undermined one of the central pillars of Trump’s defense.

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