23-12-2019 23:49 via sltrib.com

What’s next for Trump? A Senate impeachment trial, probably

Now that the House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump, the matter moves to the Senate for a trial — the third for an American president.A two-thirds majority — 67 senators — is required to convict and remove the president. Republicans control the Senate, 53-47, and Trump is widely expected to be acquitted. But Democrats have argued that impeaching him is a moral necessity, even if he remains in office.Trump is only the third president to face a Senate trial for “
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