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The House s lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., prepares Tuesday for the start of the second Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)
The historic opening day of the first Senate impeachment trial of a former president was fiery and emotional in some moments.
Democrat House managers and lawyers for former President Donald Trump primarily clashed over the constitutionality of trying a private citizen who was impeached seven days before his term as president expired.
The House impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a single charge of “incitement to insurrection” for his Jan. 6 speech at a rally near the White House as rioters began to break into the Capitol to try to stop lawmakers’ count of electoral votes for president in a joint session of Congress.
Updated on: February 10, 2021 / 7:00 AM / CBS NEWS First day of trial previews impeachment arguments
Washington The Senate voted to move forward with former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial on Tuesday, with a majority of senators determining they have jurisdiction to place former presidents on trial in cases of impeachment.
By a vote of 56 to 44, the Senate rejected arguments by Mr. Trump s attorneys, who asserted that holding an impeachment trial of a former president is unconstitutional.
Six Republicans joined all 50 Democratic senators in voting to move forward with the trial. But the vote also served as an indication of Mr. Trump s eventual acquittal, since 17 GOP senators would need to vote with Democrats in order to convict him. Senator Bill Cassidy joined five other GOP senators who had previously voted that the trial is constitutional.