Trump's "Impeachment": "It's a Political Trial"
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Donald Trump during his speech on January 6, 2021, just before the invasion of the Capitol by his supporters.
Brendan Smialowski AFP / Archivos
By: Florent Guignard
7 min
Home straight for the trial of Donald Trump before the United States Senate after the pleadings, Friday February 12, of his lawyers who demanded the acquittal of the former president, prosecuted for "incitement to insurgency" after the attack on Congress, January 6, 2021.
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Donald Trump's trial resumed this Saturday, February 13 with the possibility of hearing new witnesses.
Lauric Henneton
, lecturer at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and author of
L'atlas historique des Etats-Unis
, published by Éditions Autrement, answers Florent Guignard's questions.
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To read also: Impeachment trial of Donald Trump: verdict and probable acquittal this Saturday
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