Even as Trump exits, Democrats say ‘most dangerous crime’ demands a Senate trial
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s staunchest allies sought on Sunday to stave off a trial for him in the Senate over the storming of the U.S Capitol by a mob of his supporters, while Democrats demanded he be held accountable for what one called the “most dangerous crime by a president ever committed against the United States.” Three days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Trump ...
by Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Jan 17, 2021
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s staunchest allies sought on Sunday to stave off a trial for him in the Senate over the storming of the U.S Capitol by a mob of his supporters, while Democrats demanded he be held accountable for what one called the “most dangerous crime by a president ever committed against the United States.”
Three days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Trump remained out of public view, sequestered in the White House while thousands of National Guard troops cordoned off a huge swath of official Washington, including the stately Capitol
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