Trump impeachment trial delayed until next month

Addis Ababa, January 23, 2021 (FBC) – The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will begin next month under an agreement reached between Senate Democrats and Republicans.

House of Representatives Democrats will send the charge of “inciting insurrection” to the Senate on Monday.

But arguments will not begin until the week of 8 February, allowing Trump’s lawyers two weeks to build a defence.

Democrats accuse the ex-president of instigating the deadly 6 January riot at the US Capitol.

The House last week paved the way for the Senate proceedings by charging Trump with inciting the violence, which left five people dead.

His second impeachment trial will begin almost exactly a year after the Senate acquitted him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, according to BBC.