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The forthcoming impeachment trial in the Senate threatens to delay hearings for Biden’s top political appointees, further upsetting a transition already beset by extraordinary delays and facing generational challenges.

White identity politics was central to the Trump administration.

House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving balked when the chief of Capitol Police suggested activating the Guard two days before the Jan. 6 attack because he knew congressional leaders “don’t want the military up there,” according to an account he gave to a friend.

Pence has often taken on jobs that, in other administrations, might have gone to the man on top. But that role has intensified in the last weeks of Trump’s presidency.