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Trump impeachment trial begins with standoff over constitutionality

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will begin Tuesday with a clash over whether the Constitution allows it. A group of nine House Democrats, acting as impeachment prosecutors presenting the case to the Senate, will argue that the Constitution gives the Senate authority to hold the trial of a former president because he is being tried for crimes allegedly committed ...

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will begin Tuesday with a clash over whether the Constitution allows it.

A group of nine House Democrats, acting as impeachment prosecutors presenting the case to the Senate, will argue that the Constitution gives the Senate authority to hold the trial of a former president because he is being tried for crimes allegedly committed while in office.

And, while Trump was impeached by the House shortly before he left office, the prosecutors will go further and argue that the House’s impeachment power

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