The Latest: Biden not watching trial, focuses on pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial (all times local):
1:40 p.m.
President Joe Biden is planning to largely ignore the impeachment trial of his predecessor and plans to focus on the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said Biden would not be watching the trial of former President Donald Trump and would not “opine on back and forth arguments” taking pl