House to deliver Trump impeachment charge on Monday
Senate majority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, says the trial will be a full but fair one
22 January 2021 - 18:38
Washington — The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former president Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell’s request for a delay.
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, who displaced McConnell as the chamber’s leader after Democrats won two Georgia runoff elections this month, announced the move on the Senate floor but did not say when Trump’s second impeachment trial would begin...
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