Senate Republicans consider Trump impeachment trial as House deliberates
Second impeachment push gains Republican support after Capitol rampage by Trump supporters last week
Washington — As the US House of Representatives moved on Wednesday towards a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday on whether to remove him from office, a source familiar with the deliberations said, though no final decision was reached.
The internal Senate discussions were unfolding as the Democratic-controlled House hurried towards impeaching the president for his role in last week's siege of the US Capitol, when Trump supporters breached the building's security, sent legislators fleeing and left five dead in their wake, including a police officer...
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