Former President Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team

ah! Historic march through the halls of the U. S. Capitol, nearly three weeks after a deadly insurrection took place within its walls. Nine House impeachment managers delivering a single article of impeachment to the Senate Monday night, formally beginning the second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, Donald John Trump, president of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. 10 House Republicans joined House Democrats last week to charge Trump with incitement of insurrection, saying he encouraged a violent mob to storm the U. S Capitol January 6th in an effort to overturn the election results. We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore. The House also pointing to Trump's phone call with Georgia's secretary of state earlier this month, asking him to find votes to reverse Trump's loss. In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government. Senators will be sworn in as jurors later today, and a trial will begin the week of February 8th. The timeline allowing Trump's team to prepare and space to confirm President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees. It's not going to be easy to manage all these things at once, but it's absolutely imperative. Biden telling CNN he's doubtful there are enough Republicans willing to convict Trump. But he also believes the impeachment trial has toe happen despite the effect it could have on advancing his agenda. I believe we will put forward a very strong case. That, of course, is already in the public view of what took place here. Even with the bipartisan passing of the article in the House, many Republicans opposed the trial against Trump. It seems very, very much counterproductive if you're the by President Biden to say we're going to take the precious first days of a new administration and we're gonna squander it on this impeachment trial. The trial moving forward as the Justice Department's internal watchdog launched an investigation looking into whether any DOJ officials participated in attempts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election. The probe, after news reports indicated Trump may have attempted to use the DOJ to challenge the election results in a plan that sources say included ousting acting attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. Anyone that is trying Thio approach this with a you know, any kind of open mindedness, it seems like the evidence keeps mounting