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2.56pm GMT
As Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial gets underway, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will hold a meeting on the coronavirus relief package at the White House.
The president and the vice-president will be joined by treasury secretary Janet Yellen and several business leaders.
2.37pm GMT
The prosecution is expected to brandish dramatic footage of the violence at the Capitol on 6 January. The trial is set to strike a sharp contrast of tone with Donald Trump’s first trial in early 2020, at which prosecutors used documents, emails and testimony to tell a complicated story about a Trump pressure campaign in Ukraine.
This time the alleged crime scene is much closer to home – in the very chamber where the trial will play out, which was invaded by Trump supporters moments after members of Congress and staff had been evacuated.
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Source: The Guardian