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Republican senators rally against Donald Trump’s impeachment, making conviction unlikely
All but five US Senate Republicans have voted in favour of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” is unlikely.
Key points:
- Democrats are defending the constitutionality of the trial by pointing to the opinions of legal scholars and an 1876 precedent
- The vote suggests the Democrats will be unable to get the 17 Republican votes they need for a conviction
- Senator Patrick Leahy, who is presiding over the trial, was rushed to hospital on Tuesday out of an “abundance of caution”
While the Republicans did not succeed in ending the trial before it began, the test vote on Tuesday made clear Mr Trump still has enormous sway over his party…
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