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As the Senate prepared to take up Donald Trump’s second impeachment, Republicans were under pressure to decide whether to defend him or break with him after the Jan. 6 attack. The House had impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a single article charging incitement of insurrection, and the Senate had already voted on Jan. 26 to reject the claim that it could not try a former president.
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As the Senate prepared to take up Donald Trump’s second impeachment, Republicans were under pressure to decide whether to defend him or break with him after the Jan. 6 attack. The House had impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a single article charging incitement of insurrection, and the Senate had already voted on Jan. 26 to reject the claim that it could not try a former president.
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As the Senate prepared to take up Donald Trump’s second impeachment, Republicans were under pressure to decide whether to defend him or break with him after the Jan. 6 attack. The House had impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a single article charging incitement of insurrection, and the Senate had already voted on Jan. 26 to reject the claim that it could not try a former president.
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