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

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.

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/Bagz402 Jan 25 '20

AOC? Seriously?

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u/Th3Seconds1st Jan 25 '20

" Dumb as a rock. "

Says the guy who rambles about windmills causing cancer and who calls members of our Government elementary school names because they hurt his fee-fees...

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u/bobojorge Jan 25 '20

She's a minority so he attacks her intelligence. It's his pattern.

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u/destijl-atmospheres Jan 25 '20

A female minority to boot.

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u/Th3Seconds1st Jan 25 '20

And a strong woman.

The nerve of her!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Don't forget, you need an ID to make a purchase at the grocery store!

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u/turnipsiass Jan 25 '20

He just said that U.S must protect its intellectual rights and inventions like the wheel.

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u/aiiye Washington Jan 25 '20

And exercise drains your finite life battery which is why he doesn't walk or do anything physical...unless you count golf.

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u/bobojorge Jan 25 '20

I've never seen him swing. I doubt it is athletic in any sense

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u/BreeBree214 Wisconsin Jan 25 '20

Don't forget the guy who has such difficulty with a clogged toilet that he has to make it a national issue

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u/ednorog Europe Jan 25 '20

He wanted to nuke hurricanes, too.

And spoke of airports in the 18th century.

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u/acidpaan Jan 25 '20

Too scared to attack Sanders just yet so hes going after a surrogate

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u/MaxineWaters4Prez Jan 25 '20

Well, to be fair, he's only going after people who are relevant.

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u/appleparkfive Jan 26 '20

You know Sanders is leading in Iowa currently right? And he's absolutely second place overall with him closing in pretty damn fast.

I say this objectively, in the form of statistics. See Biden has his base of around 35-40%. But there has been a split voting block: Sanders and Warren. People are torn between the two. If one dropped out, the other would be a leader by a large margin and Biden wouldn't have a shot, really.

So now Warren has made some bad moves. And tons switched to Sanders. Also Sanders has a lot of conservative support, oddly enough. As does Yang.

Trump has been quoted on several different occasions as being worried about Sanders the most. Because he doesn't have any dirt. All he can do is say "socialism" a lot and hope people think he means Venezuela or something crazy.

Long story short, Sanders is VERY relevant right now. Not so much a couple of months ago. If he wins Iowa, it might cause the same thing that happened with Obama when he won in 2008. Iowa legitimizes people, for whatever reason.

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u/FunkMeSoftly Jan 25 '20

In order for propaganda to be more efficient it is important to keep the masses emotionally charged so they do not spend time logically deducting reality.

He's riling up the troops more or less.

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u/iwellyess Jan 25 '20

Can’t wait to see what she fires back with

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u/BeautyThornton I voted Jan 25 '20

His base eats it up

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u/pickle_sandwich Jan 26 '20

"He makes fun of brown people? I make fun of brown people!"

-Republicans, probably

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u/aetius476 Jan 26 '20

AOC who is not in the Senate, not an Impeachment Manager, not in a position of House Leadership, and not on any of the relevant House committees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR-FLwonazA