It comes after Ron DeSantis - who is expected to launch a campaign to be the Republican presidential candidate - met two Cabinet ministers on a recent visit to Britain
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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday the US Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers due to serve as prosecutors called him singularly responsible for the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol.
Mr Trump’s legal team and the nine House of Representatives Democrats set to prosecute him filed briefs with the Senate one week before the trial is scheduled to begin.
His lawyers focused on an argument that last week won the support of 45 of the 50 Republicans in the 100-seat Senate in a failed vote to dismiss the case because Mr Trump is a private citizen, having left office on 20 January.
Disgraceful : Four die after violent protesters ransack US Capitol THE Prime Minister has called for a “peaceful and orderly transfer of power” in the United States after violent crowds protesting Joe Biden s presidential win stormed the Capitol, leading to four deaths. Protesters interrupted politicians’ formal approval of Mr Biden’s presidential election win, where four people have died and two suspected explosive devices were made safe by the FBI. In addition to the woman shot by police, three others died as a result of medical emergencies . In a video on social media, Donald Trump told protesters that they “have to go home now” while also claiming that “this was a fraudulent election” before being banned from Facebook and Twitter.