In the US Senate, the trial in the process of impeachment of US President Donald Trump began today, which is the third case in US history that the president of the country is facing a possible dismissal.
One hundred senators met at the Congress headquarters in Washington under the presidency of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts. But before the start of the debate on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, passed in December in the lower house of Congress, they discussed the rules of the game.
The first order of business for the Republican-led Senate is to come up with a timeline for the entire process — proposed by Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
According to the resolution proposed by McConnell - representatives of the Democrats, who in the process of impeachment perform the function of prosecutors as well as the legal team of President Donald Trump, have twenty-four hours each in the next two days to present their view of the case, Voice of America reports.
McConnell later eased the time limits a bit, as some Republican senators rebelled in addition to the Democrats. However, he does not hide that he wants Trump to be acquitted of the charges quickly, ideally within two weeks, according to France Press.
Adam Schiff, the Democrat in charge of the impeachment, said that the Republicans are organizing a rigged process in the Senate, while the Republicans assess that the Democrats have conducted a rigged investigation in the House of Representatives.
At the time of the impeachment debate in the Senate, the US president is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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