The Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell reaffirmed that any votes from his chambers relating to the impeachment of US President Donald Trump would only be given after the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, reported the Wall Street Journal. 

McConnell has told the office of Senator Chuck Schumer that he has decided not to convene the senate before its scheduled time. The Senate is expected to meet and reconvene on January 19, just one day before Biden takes office. 

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McConnell, seen as a partisan Republican but also a defender of Senate tradition, spoke forcefully last week against Trump’s pressure on Congress to overturn the will of the voters when certifying Biden’s victory. 

US President Donald Trump, for the second time in his term, can be potentially impeached by the House of Representatives following his involvement in the violence at the US Capitol last week. 

At least five Republican representatives, including Liz Cheney, John Katko and Adam Kinzinger, have confirmed that they are in favour of impeaching the outgoing President for his actions. Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, said, “There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution”.