Trump is the first US president to be impeached twice and the first to face trial after leaving office. If convicted, the Senate could then vote to bar him from running for office again.
Democrats were unimpressed by the presentation.
"Let me decide if he's guilty or not," Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy told reporters when asked if he could vote for Trump again.
Was the fact that he covered his head while drinking also because he is an Orthodox Jew?
The request was made by Trump's lead defense lawyer David Schoen, and Senator Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish, agreed to accommodate him.
Trump last week became the first president in US history to be impeached twice, and when the Senate convenes for his trial will be the first president to be tried after leaving office.
"If in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crimes, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress, in terms of prose
“We have a system of justice predicated on certain constitutional rights, which make this country different from every country in the world,”
"In her ears I’ll sing my cries / Until she opens her eyes," the House Speaker quoted Manor, who is considered to be Israel's greatest lyricist.
Calls to remove Trump from office have been growing louder following the Capitol riots.
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