Trump lawyers say Senate lacks constitutional authority for impeachment trial
Democratic prosecutors insist former president is singularly responsible for the violence and destruction in US Capitol
02 February 2021 - 22:37
Washington — Former president Donald Trump's lawyers said on Tuesday the US Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic legislators due to serve as prosecutors called him singularly responsible for the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Trump's legal team and the nine House of Representatives Democrats set to prosecute him filed briefs with the Senate one week before the trial is scheduled to begin...
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