Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days

Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice when the House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to charge him with inciting an insurrection

The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives, for inciting last week's deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden's term.

Trump, whose turbulent four-year term in office is due to end next Wednesday, became the first president in US history to be impeached twice when the Democratic-led House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to charge him with inciting an insurrection. Ten of Trump's fellow Republicans joined Democrats in approving the single article of impeachment.
 

The swift impeachment appears unlikely to lead to Trump's