US Senators took the oath at the trial to impeach former President Donald Trump. The event is broadcast on the website of the upper house of the American Congress.
It is noted that impeachment hearings in the Senate will begin with a preliminary meeting on February 8. The article on the basis of which the impeachment resolution was passed to Trump is “incitement to mutiny.”
Earlier, Trump began negotiations with lawyers to develop a defense strategy for the upcoming impeachment hearings in the US Senate. However, some law firms reportedly doubted they would be paid for their services, and other lawyers refused to take the case out of their reluctance to be associated with the January 6 Capitol riots.
On January 14, the House of Representatives of the US Congress voted to impeach Trump in connection with the recent riots in Washington. The last vote was the second attempt to remove the politician from office. He became the first president of the United States to be impeached for the second time, especially after he stepped down. Democrats motivate the decision to impeach Trump, including by the fact that after the process is over, he will not be able to run for president.