Senate votes to proceed with Trump's impeachment trial | First Thing

Senators rule that Trump's second impeachment trial is constitutional and will go ahead. Plus, a Texas lawyer gets trapped in a Zoom cat filter

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The Senate has voted to proceed with the historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, after a debate over whether it was constitutional on Tuesday. The debate marked the opening of the Senate trial over Trump's role in inciting the deadly violence at the Capitol on 6 January, and senators voted 56 to 44 on whether there was a constitutional basis for putting a former president on trial, with six Republicans voting with Democrats.