Former President Donald Trump established an official post-presidency office in Palm Beach County, Florida on Monday to oversee his business, Fox News learns.
A statement from the Trump office said the “Former President’s Office” will be responsible for his “correspondence, public statements, appearances and official activities.
The Office will also “promote the interests of the United States and … carry forward the Trump administration’s agenda through advocacy, organization and public activism.”
ARCHIVE: President Donald Trump visits a section of the US-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas.
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The announcement came as Democrats took the impeachment case against Trump to the Senate on Monday night for the start of his historic trial. Meanwhile, Republican senators were easing their criticism of the former president and avoiding calls to condemn him for his alleged role in the deadly siege of the United States Capitol.
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The prosecutors of the House delivered the only impeachment charge of “inciting insurrection”, making the ceremonial walk through the Capitol to the Senate. But Trump’s Republican denunciations have cooled since the January 6 riot. Instead, Republicans are presenting a tangle of legal arguments against the legitimacy of the trial and questioning whether Trump’s repeated demands to overthrow Joe Biden’s election really constituted an incitement.
Arguments at the Senate trial will begin in the week of February 8, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial, will test a political party that is still preparing for the post-Trump era. Republican senators are balancing the demands of affluent donors who are distancing themselves from Trump and voters who demand loyalty to him.
Speculation about Trump’s post-presidency ranges from the possibility of starting his media company to running for a second term in 2024.
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Senior Trump campaign adviser in 2020, Jason Miller, on Sunday, ruled out the possibility of Trump running for future elections for a third party, saying his immediate focus is on helping Republicans win back the House and Senate mid-term. 2022.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.