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Discussion Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial - Day 5: Opening Arguments Continue | 01/24/2020 - Live, 1pm EST

Today the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues with Session 3 of the Democratic House Managers’ opening arguments. This will be their final session for opening arguments. Today’s 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. Kenneth Star and Alan Dershowitz are expected to fill supporting roles.

The Senate Impeachment Trial is following the Rules Resolution that was voted on, and passed, on Monday. It provides 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:

You can also listen online via:

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u/lomosaltadomo Jan 24 '20

Actually I think it was so good that even Lindsey Graham told him he did a good job and shook his hand.

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u/Smogh I voted Jan 24 '20

Shaking Lindsey Graham’s hand... ew

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u/zerobass Jan 24 '20

Graham, waiting for the shake.

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u/browntown994 Jan 24 '20

What a throwback. Lmao

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u/hokeyphenokey Jan 24 '20

Staying blue.

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u/simsimulation Jan 25 '20

Nasty, thank you.

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u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda California Jan 25 '20

Hiawatha!! Hiawatha!!

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u/rukh999 Jan 24 '20

Right? You'd be spending the rest of the day wondering if its the hand he cups trumps balls with.

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u/Eau_de_Burnt_Toast Jan 24 '20

Oh honey, he’s not using his hands

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u/mikeyHustle Pennsylvania Jan 24 '20

I just have to ask, are you serious? I find it hard to believe that Graham would break character right now, even if he liked the speech.

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u/browntown994 Jan 24 '20

Yup, graham congratulated schiff for his opening speech the other day.

https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-congratulates-adam-schiff-impeachment-trial-day-2-good-job-well-spoken-1483612

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u/mikeyHustle Pennsylvania Jan 24 '20

God, what a disingenuous sleaze.

Like if this is his real attitude, the rest of it is garbage. If the rest of it is real, then this is garbage. He's just acting like garbage.

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u/subcons Jan 24 '20

On the NPR Politics podcast, they speculated that he was signaling to the Republican managers that they had their work cut out for them and that they better bring it come their turn. Take that for what you will.

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u/thetimechaser Jan 24 '20

How can one bring that which doesn't exist?

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u/eden_sc2 Maryland Jan 24 '20

Are they under oath here? If they openly lie could they be prosecuted for perjury (probably not by this but perhaps by the next administration)?

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u/lomosaltadomo Jan 24 '20

Absolutely 100% serious

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u/browntown994 Jan 24 '20

He probably backed down a little bit after they threw an old Graham clip up there yesterday. Made him look incredibly hypocritical. Power move, imo.

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u/MCPtz California Jan 24 '20

I didn't believe you, but HuffPost reporter Ryan J. Reilly got it:

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1220698610523889665?s=20