(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 26 - The article on Donald Trump's impeachment, sent by the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, arrived in the Senate where the deputy Jamie Raskin, who leads the accusation, read it.
The former president is accused of "inciting insurrection" for the dramatic events of the assault on Congress on January 6 and is defined as "a threat to democracy".
The trial will begin on the week of February 8, it will be the fourth in US history and the second for Trump.
Tomorrow the oath of the senators as jurors.
For the first time, Joe Biden commented on the process.
"I think it should be done", the US president told CNN, admitting that this could delay the implementation of his agenda and the confirmation of his members of the government in the Senate: "But - he added - it would have been worse if this had not happened" .
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