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Senate set for unprecedented impeachment trial of Trump

By Susan Ferrechio
Published February 5, 2021 4:00am ET
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Senate set for unprecedented impeachment trial of Trump
From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo. | Susan Walsh/AP

The Senate on Feb. 9 will take the unprecedented step of putting a former president on trial.

Donald Trump, who left office on Jan. 20 and now lives at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, faces an impeachment charge for inciting an insurrection that led to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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