The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump s impeachment: An explainer
Salvador Rizzo, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges. This is not a trial of a president, but of a private citizen. . . . This proceeding . . . violates the Constitution. - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in remarks on the Senate floor, Jan. 26, 2021 The theory that the impeachment of a former official is unconstitutional is flat-out wrong by every frame of analysis: constitutional context, historical practice, precedent and basic common sense. It s been completely debunked by constitutional scholars from all across the political spectrum. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in remarks on the Senate floor, Jan. 26, 2021
What to Watch for as Donald Trump s Impeachment Trial Begins
Aishvarya Kavi and Zachary Montague, New York Times
Feb. 8, 2021
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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky arrives for a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.J. Scott Applewhite/AP
The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins on Tuesday, about a month after he was charged by the House with incitement of insurrection for his role in egging on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Officer Brian Sicknick, fatally injured in the Capitol riot, to lie in honor in Rotunda
Paul Duggan and Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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WASHINGTON - An urn with the remains of Brian Sicknick, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who suffered fatal injuries Jan. 6 when a riotous mob rampaged through the building, was borne up the steps of the Capitol s East Front in a frigid wind Tuesday night, past scores of mourners, and set atop a bier in the Rotunda, to lie in honor.
A phalanx of police officers stood at attention on each side of plaza below the marble steps as two officers marched solemnly upward, carrying the small wooden box and a tri-folded American flag in a polished case, and placed them at the center of the great hall.
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