President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial gets underway in the US Senate.

Proceedings in the upper chamber of Congress has begun in earnest today after the president was charged with abuse of power and obstruction by the House of Representatives.

Donald Trump has again labelled his Senate impeachment trial a “witch hunt” and a “hoax”.

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Independent polls have found that 51 percent of Americans now support Mr. Trump’s removal from office and 69 percent want to hear testimony from new witnesses like ex-national security adviser John Bolton, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, top aide Rob Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

 

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