US Senate votes Trump impeachment trial is constitutional and will proceed – as it happened

• Senate votes 56-44, with six Republicans joining Democrats
• Trump lawyers improvise after being caught off-guard by impeachment managers
• Impeachment managers play videos from Capitol insurrection
• Analysis: Democrats use trial to show sometimes symbolism is the point
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From Joan E Greve and me:

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Want more background on the impeachment trial and what to expect?

Listen to the Guardian's Today in Focus podcast. Anushka Asthana speaks with Lawrence Douglas, an Amherst College professor and Guardian opinion contributor, who explains what kind of defense Trump is planning to mount, and whether any Senate Republicans are likely to vote to convict him. She also interviews the former Democratic senator Russ Feingold, who served during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the 90s ...

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