Democrats build impeachment case, alleging ‘dangerous crime’

The House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump last Wednesday, a week after the violent insurrection that interrupted the official count of electoral votes. Picture: Alex Brandon/AP

The lead prosecutor for US President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment has begun building his case for conviction at trial, asserting that Mr Trump’s incitement of the mob that stormed the US Capitol was “the most dangerous crime” ever committed by a president against the United States.

A Senate trial could begin as soon as this week, just as Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president.