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Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8
Read full article: Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) – Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection for the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8. READ: House votes to impeach President Trump for violent Capitol insurrectionSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the schedule Friday evening after reaching an agreement with Republicans, who had pushed to delay the trial to give Trump a chance to organize his legal team and prepare a defense. Trump will be the first former president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office. “We all want to put this awful chapter in our nation’s history behind us,” Schumer said about the deadly Capitol siege. And that is what this trial will provide.”