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United States Senate

The former president called the Senate minority leader “third rate” and “one of the most unpopular politicians in the United States.”
A statement from Senator Tommy Tuberville shows Trump turned his mob against Pence minutes after hearing his vice president had to be hustled from the Senate.
Eugene Goodman accompanied the incoming vice president Wednesday as part of his new role as acting deputy Senate sergeant-at-arms.
Trump will now face a trial in the Senate – the upper house of the US Congress – with senators acting as jurors to acquit or convict him.
Trump will be impeached an unprecedented second time for being “an imminent threat” to the nation.
Lawmakers have booted their colleagues several times in the past.
After years of dodging questions and pretending not to read his tweets, some GOP senators are speaking out against Trump as Election Day draws near.
The Senator majority leader is called out for failing to pass additional relief measures to help Americans struggling through the pandemic.
Most Republican senators say the president should remain in office despite the charges.
The trial of President Donald Trump is now the first US impeachment trial to feature no witnesses.