Despite a push from former President Donald Trump's defense team that the impeachment trial was unconstitutional due to the former man in charge was no longer in office, the Senate posted a majority vote that it was indeed constitutional and would go on as scheduled. Despite the vote to go forward with the trial it does not seem likely for the trial to lead to conviction of the 45th president. The vote to go on with trial as constitutional only had six Republican votes leading to a 56-44 victory for those pushing for impeachment. However, the six Republican votes are well short of the 17 needed to find the former President guilty. This trial holds a lot of weight as we see the Republican Party more than adequately backing up the former president as can be expected because of the integrity of the Republican Party. With the trial now heading to closing arguments it will be interesting to see how many, if any, more Republicans flip on their votes.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56005458
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