An urgent push by Democrats in Congress to impeach Donald Trump for a second time is running into resistance in the US Senate, with senior lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voicing their opposition to the move.

House Democrats plan to hold a vote on impeaching the president for “inciting an insurrection” on Tuesday or Wednesday, having gathered nearly 200 signatures in support. Mr Trump would become the first president in history to be impeached twice if the vote passes in the Democrat-controlled chamber.

But while a growing number of Republicans have criticised the president for his role in the leadup to the violence in the US Capitol last week, none have said they will vote to convict him of wrongdoing in the Senate. And several said this weekend they did not think impeachment to be the best way to hold Mr Trump accountable for his actions and those of his supporters.