Democrats have set the stage for a historic battle in the Senate as Donald Trump faces allegations he “betrayed the American people” and is guilty of the “most grievous constitutional crime ever committed by a president”. We’re joined by UCL lecturer in politics and international relations Dr Julie Norman, who guides us through what will happen as the very chamber in which the January 6 Capitol riots takes place now holds the former president’s trial. Mr Trump’s lawyers say the entire thing is unconstitutional “political theatre,” but Dr Norman explains why legal experts have dismissed that, and what Democrats hope to achieve when a guilty verdict is thought unlikely. We also talk about how Joe Biden’s White House is trying to stay out of the drama, but that it’s exposed the biggest problem his administration faces: a deeply divided United States. 

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