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US President Donald Trump arriving at a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday. On Tuesday night, Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate wrangled long and hard over whether documents and witnesses should be subpoenaed in Mr Trump's impeachment trial.
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Democrats and Republicans wrangled and skirmished long and hard on Tuesday night over whether documents and witnesses should be subpoenaed in the impeachment trial of United States President Donald Trump.
It is only the third time a president of the US - and the first time a president who is up for re-election - has been put on trial in the Senate.
