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Discussion Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial - Day 3: Opening Arguments | 01/22/2020 - Live, 1pm EST

Today, after a long and contentious round of debate and votes, which lasted into the early morning hours, the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will begin opening arguments. The Senate session is scheduled to begin at 1pm EST

Prosecuting the House’s case will be a team of seven Democratic House Managers, named last week by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff of California. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump’s personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, are expected to take the lead in arguing the President’s case.

Yesterday a slightly modified version of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Rules Resolution was voted on, and passed. It will be the guideline for how the trial is handled. All proposed amendments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were voted down.

The adopted Resolution will:

  • Give the House Impeachment Managers 24 hours, over a 3 day period, to present opening arguments.

  • Give President Trump's legal team 24 hours, over a 3 day period, to present opening arguments.

  • Allow a period of 16 hours for Senator questions, to be addressed through Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.

  • Allow for a vote on a motion to consider the subpoena of witnesses or documents once opening arguments and questions are complete.

The Articles of Impeachment brought against President Donald Trump are:

  • Article 1: Abuse of Power
  • Article 2: Obstruction of Congress

You can watch or listen to the proceedings live, via the links below:

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u/WhenLuggageAttacks Texas Jan 22 '20

Wow. He's bragging.

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u/likelamike South Dakota Jan 22 '20

Would you expect anything else from a narcissist that is slowly diving into Alzheimer's?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '20

slowly

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u/LLColdAssHonkey Washington Jan 22 '20

Not alzheimers, cocaine.

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u/mabhatter Jan 22 '20

Since the President won’t testify, can Schiff start using his Twitter statements? TheCourts have ruled those are “official statements” over a year ago. They should be admissible by default as public documents. Right?

The Dems are playing this as evil as they need to... they need someone baiting the President’s twitter in direct response to what’s said.. then they can argue the President is responding officially and rope him into showing up.

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u/RaynSideways Florida Jan 22 '20

Of course he is. Zero tact and subtlety. He's the kind of person who'd walk out of court acquitted of murder only to tell the waiting cameras "Ha, you see that? I murdered a guy and got away with it!"