US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate yesterday, with his chief legal defender attacking the case as baseless and a top Democratic lawmaker describing overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing.Democrats have called on the Republican-controlled Senate to remove Trump from office for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former vice-president Joe Biden, a political rival, and then obstructing an inquiry into the matter.Trump, who was impeached last month by the Democratic-led House of Representatives on charges of abusing power and obstructing Congress, denies any wrongdoing and describes his impeachment as a partisan hoax to derail his 2020 re-election.With the …read more
Source:: Gulf times
