Impeachment rules require a two-thirds Senate majority to convict and remove a president and US President Donald Trump's acquittal is widely expected in the Republican-dominated Senate.
WASHINGTON - Amid a solemn silence, articles of impeachment against Donald Trump were read aloud on the Senate floor on Thursday as the bitterly divided chamber began a historic trial of the US president for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who will serve as lead prosecutor for the trial, then read out the two articles of impeachment passed by the House on 18 December. The Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released Thursday that the White House violated federal law by putting a hold on the congressionally-approved funds for Ukraine.
"It was a transparently partisan performance from beginning to end," McConnell said. "But it's not what this process will be going forward.
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