‘It’s a hoax’: Trump rants as impeachment trial opens

Senators sworn in ahead of trial which begins next week

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House impeachment managers walk to the Senate chamber for impeachment proceedings
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Donald Trump has furiously protested his innocence after the lawmakers of the US Senate were sworn in yesterday as jurors for the US president’s impeachment trial.

Seven impeachment managers from the House, led by the intelligence chair, Adam Schiff, were announced in the chamber by the sergeant at arms, Paul Irving, reading from a historic script.

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