The second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump has begun, as Democrats seek to convict him of inciting insurrection for the deadly riots on January 6 at the Capitol. Jackson Proskow explains how Republicans insist the trial is “pointless,” and how Trump’s lawyers are defending the ex-commander-in-chief.
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