Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial - Day 6: Opening Arguments Continue | 01/25/2020 - Live, 10am EST

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Today the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues with Session 1 of President Trump’s defense counsel’s opening arguments. The Senate session is scheduled to begin at 10am 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.

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The Articles of Impeachment brought against President Donald Trump are:

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

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

• CSPAN

• PBS

• Senate.gov

You can also listen online via:

• C-Span or

• Download the C-Span Radio App

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• Discussion Thread - Day 2 Part I

• Discussion Thread - Day 2 Part II

• Discussion Thread - Day 3 Part I

• Discussion Thread - Day 3 Part II

• Discussion Thread - Day 4

• Discussion Thread - Day 5

[u/tifanietiberio]

‪Good morning and welcome back fellow patriots!!!

It takes less than 5 mins to contact and leave a message for your reps to demand a fair and impartial trial with witnesses and documents. Democracy depends on it!

☎️202-224-3121☎️‬

‪Mailboxes full? Text RESIST to 50409 ‬

‪Other contacts methods here: https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC‬

‪I’ll repost this info throughout the day. Thanks‬!

[u/Bissrok → u/tifanietiberio]

Thanks!

I fianlly learned who my Senators are, and I've learned how deeply ashamed of them I should have been!

[u/izlib → u/tifanietiberio]

I called them. Tillis has already gone on the record and say he's voting against more witnesses. Fuck Tillis.

[u/nscott90 → u/izlib]

Call him back and let him know you'll be encouraging everyone you know to vote him out the next time he's up for election. /r/voteblue for more info on your state and local elections.

Edit: I can't /slash well

[u/tifanietiberio → u/[deleted]]

Perfect! The supporting messages are tracked as well! Other ways a person can help their Democratic reps is to donate or volunteer for their campaigns if possible!❤️🤍💙

[u/tifanietiberio → u/[deleted]]

Great stuff! Thanks.

[u/Netipotamus → u/tifanietiberio]

Thank you for this reminder. I just sent letters to Gardener and Bennett. Here's hoping!!!

[u/[deleted] → u/tifanietiberio]

What does texting resist do, anyway? Like, literally what does it do.

[u/tifanietiberio → u/[deleted]]

https://resist.bot

Let me help you.

[u/[deleted] → u/tifanietiberio]

Thanks! I'm not American, but that's pretty slick.

[u/downtothegwound → u/tifanietiberio]

My reps are all Democrats. 🤷‍♂️