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In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, US, December 31, 2020. [Reuters]

The leaders of the US Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees before turning to the contentious showdown over Trump.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said the trial is set to begin during the week of Monday, February 8, an arrangement praised by the chamber’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell.

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