McConnell proposes delaying impeachment trial until February

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Jan 23, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former President’s trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the schedule on Friday and there will be a trial.

Trump is the first US president to be twice impeached and the first to face a trial after leaving office.

On Thursday, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell proposed pushing back the start Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his case.

But McConnell in a statement Thursday evening suggested a more expansive timeline that would see the House transmit the article of impeachment next week, on Jan. 28, launching the trial's first phase. After that, the Senate would give the president's defense team and House prosecutors two weeks to file briefs. Arguments in the trial would likely begin in mid-February.

While the transmission of the article launches the trial, the schedule ahead remains uncertain.

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