Published 04:48 IST, January 15th 2020
Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin next Tuesday while key players in the process could be sworn in later this week, the chamber's Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
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Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin next Tuesday while key players in process could be sworn in later this week, chamber's Majority Leer Mitch McConnell said.
"We'll go through preliminary steps here this week which could well include chief justice coming over and swearing in members of Senate and some or kind of housekeeping measures," McConnnell told reporters on Tuesday.
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"We hope to achieve that by consent, which would set us up to begin actual trial next Tuesday." (AFP) CK
04:48 IST, January 15th 2020