Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The charges against Donald Trump were read out Thursday on the US Senate floor as the historic impeachment trial of the US president got underway.
“In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional oath … Donald J Trump has abused the powers of the presidency,” Representative Adam Schiff said as he began reading from the first article of impeachment.
Trump “is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours”, added Schiff, who is one of the …read more
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