US Senate rejects Republican motion to dismiss Trump impeachment trial

While most Republicans criticised Mr Trump shortly after the attack, many of them have rushed to defend him in the trial, showing the former president’s enduring sway over the Republican Party.

Donald Trump (Luis M Alvarez/AP)

The US Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial.

The vote allows the case on “incitement of insurrection” to move forward but also foreshadows that there may not be enough votes to convict him.