Democrats submitted the impeachment to the Senate, but Trump's team of lawyers declared the impeachment trial "unconstitutional".

The 77-page legal summary presented by House Democrats, led by Jamie Raskin, to the Senate on Feb. 2, presents the arguments that senators will make at the hearing.

The document closely linked former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the election with the deadly riot at the parliament building on Jan. 6, while also dismissing claims that Trump is protected by the Amendment.

The argument that Trump's team of lawyers then made only 14 pages long, avoiding emphasis on the violent attack on January 6.

They argued that Trump was allowed by the First Amendment to challenge the election results against Joe Biden, and in any case, the trial itself was unconstitutional because Trump was out of office.

Trump's lawyers contradicted Trump's role in the riot that the Democrats' argument made.

They argue that Trump is not trying to interfere in the electoral votes, only encouraging parliamentarians to participate in the normal process of challenging "pre-defined results in parliament", as they do so much.

"The action that the House of Representatives has made clearly demonstrates the view that the 45th President does not enjoy the protections of liberty, the basis for the establishment of the United States, where freedom of speech and freedom of speech are primary.

Republican lawmakers predict that Trump is likely to acquit, with many arguing that Congress should question the constitutionality of the impeachment hearing of Trump once he has left office.