Senators set for vote in Trump impeachment trial

Sat, 13 Feb, 2021 - 07:02

Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker and Mark Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

US senators are poised to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the deadly attack at the Capitol after a speedy trial laid bare the violence and danger to their own lives and the fragility of the tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Closing arguments are set for the historic impeachment trial as senators arrive for a rare Saturday session, all under the watch of armed National Guard troops still guarding the building.