House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges
Growing tension among GOP on whether to convict Trump By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK | February 2, 2021 at 10:40 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 11:47 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters âlike a loaded cannonâ at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The dueling filings offer the first public glimpse of the arguments that will be presented to the Senate beginning next week. The impeachment trial represents a remarkable reckoning with the violence in the Capitol last month, which the senators witnessed firsthand, and with Trumpâs presidency overall. Held in the very chamber where the insurrectionis
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Updated: 03 Feb 2021 02:13 AM BdST Myanmar s military checkpoint is seen on the way to the congress compound in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 1, 2021. Picture taken February 1, 2021. REUTERS
The US State Department will conduct a review of its foreign assistance to Myanmar after determining that the military takeover in the Asian country this week constituted a coup, senior officials said on Tuesday. );
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US President Joe Biden has threatened new sanctions against the generals who seized power in Myanmar and detained elected leaders including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi early on Monday.
In a briefing with reporters, State Department officials said Washington has not been in direct contact with the coup leaders in Myanmar or the deposed civilian government leaders.
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