The trial is set to begin during the week of February 8th, which will allow the Senate to move quickly on key Biden appointees and other tasks while giving House lawmakers will prosecute the case and Trump's team more time to prepare for the trial.

We all want to put this awful chapter in our nation's history behind us, but healing and unity will Onley come if there is truth and accountability and that is what this trial will provide.

The Democratic led House of Representatives is due to formally delivered to the Senate on Monday the impeachment charge accusing Trump of inciting an insurrection following the deadly attack on the U.

S Capitol on January 6th.

The compromise on the timeline was praised by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who had asked the House to delay sending the charge and called on Schumer to postpone the trial until mid February to give Trump more time to prepare a defense.

The evenly split Senate will need a two thirds majority to convict Trump and a separate vote to permanently bar him from holding public office ever again, a Reuters Ipsos poll released on Friday found.

A slim majority of Americans believe Trump should be convicted and barred from holding public office, but the numbers were split along party lines.