now on bbc news, donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. christian fraser reports on an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that
virginia s joe manchin, and new hampshire s jean shaheen. fewer people will get stimulus checks because of the intervention of democratic senators. now, the absurd asymmetries of american politics is in stark relief at the moment. this is joe biden s approval rating. 53% approval. donald trump never got close to that. in fact, he never broke 50% approval. a new morning consult poll the rescue bill is still unbelievably popular. 77% of all voters and 59% of republicans said they supported the measure. in fact, when provided the partisan framing for the details of the proposal, 71% of voters including 53% of republicans still supported it. people like this bill. they love it. and they don t care who is responsible for it. one study shows biden s rescue package might be the most popular presidential action since 2017. there it is all by itself all the way over there on the right side of that chart. a big part of the reason joe biden was elected, of course, was to finally crush c
january investigation of the capitol riot now saying the evidence supports charges of sedition. in a 60 minutes interview that aired last night, michael sherwin, the interim u.s. attorney who stepped down from the investigation on friday was asked why more people weren t being charged with sedition and whether prosecutors are looking into former president trump s role in the riot. take a look. seems like a very low bar. and i wonder why you re not charging that now. i don t think it s a low bar, scott, but i ll tell you this. i personally believe the evidence is trending towards that and probably meets that evidence. do you anticipate sedition charges against some of these suspects? i believe the facts do support those charges. and i think that as we go forward, more facts will support that, scott. has the role of former president trump been part of your investigation? we have soccer moms from ohio that were arrested saying, well, i did this because my president
the senate becomes jurors and the case in front of them they witnessed. incitement of insurrection spurring a hoard of radical right wing terrorists to breach the capitol. the mayhem left five dead that day, including u.s. capitol police officer brian sicknick in one of the darkest days in modern history for america s democracy. the trial starts with debate and then a vote on whether the proceeding against the former president is constitutional. a source says citizen trump is telling former aides and advisers that he s convinced the senate will acquit him. the former president s lawyers tha have dismissed the impeach. as political theater, and a system gone awry. they call this the logical and heinous conclusion of a months-long campaign by donald trump and his allies, including some accomplices, to cast doubt on the election results. they say the president has no defense and the evidence of his misconduct is overwhelming. today s historic trial, the first time a former p
terms of airing out what happens in terms of airing out what happens in terms of the insurrection. this was their won opportunity really to hold president trump accountable for what happened on that day. i president trump accountable for what happened on that day. happened on that day. i guess it s not ust happened on that day. i guess it s not just about happened on that day. i guess it s notjust about accountability, - happened on that day. i guess it s notjust about accountability, it sl not just about accountability, it s about how her neck whether this child would change any minds in america about how they feel about donald trump. do you think it will have? ., ~ ., , , have? you know, it s interesting. i think we have have? you know, it s interesting. i think we have seen have? you know, it s interesting. i think we have seen signs - have? you know, it s interesting. i think we have seen signs in - have? you know, it s interesting. i j think we have seen signs i