Biden to sign new executive orders on his racial equity agenda – live

President will give address on racial equality on Tuesday afternoon after senators are sworn in for Trump impeachment

2.51pm GMT

Jonathan Turley, a law professor and Fox News contributor, will join Republican senators for lunch on Tuesday to discuss the constitutionality of Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial.

Turley, who was Republicans’ lone expert during Trump’s first impeachment, has argued that impeaching a former president is “at odds” with the Constitution. It’s a question that has divided scholars.

Jonathan Turley will join Senate Republicans today for their first in-person lunch since November, two aides tell me and @frankthorp.

Turley, who testified last impeachment, calls this trial “at odds with the language of the Constitution” because Trump is no longer in office.

I object to this unconstitutional sham of an “impeachment” trial and I will force a vote on whether the Senate can hold a trial of a private citizen.

2.07pm GMT

We were expecting Joe Biden to speak at 2pm EST today about his racial equity agenda, and to sign executive orders which will address policing, housing and prison conditions. Another event has just been added to his public schedule – a 4:45pm address on the fight against the Covid pandemic.

Add to President Biden’s schedule today –

4:45 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks on the fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

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Source: The Guardian