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Senate Starts Locking In the Trump Impeachment Trial Trump Insisted Wasn’t About Him

The Senate took another procedural step toward Trump’s second impeachment trial, hardening the reality that the attack on the Capitol was no longer just a historical event but an active political and legal reckoning. Republicans kept debating process, but the larger problem for Trump was that the chamber was now moving toward a public accounting that would keep his January 6 conduct front and center.

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First recorded Jan 29, 2021·Meaningfully updated Jan 29, 2021

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Senate Starts Locking In the Trump Impeachment Trial Trump Insisted Wasn’t About Him

The Senate took another procedural step toward Trump’s second impeachment trial, hardening the reality that the attack on the Capitol was no longer just a historical event but an active political and legal reckoning. Republicans kept debating process, but the larger problem for Trump was that the chamber was now moving toward a public accounting that would keep his January 6 conduct front and center.

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Senate Starts Locking In the Trump Impeachment Trial Trump Insisted Wasn’t About Him

The Senate took another procedural step toward Trump’s second impeachment trial, hardening the reality that the attack on the Capitol was no longer just a historical event but an active political and legal reckoning. Republicans kept debating process, but the larger problem for Trump was that the chamber was now moving toward a public accounting that would keep his January 6 conduct front and center.

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