Senate impeachment trial for Trump to begin Jan. 21, McConnell says

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The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will begin Jan. 21, after the House is scheduled to vote Wednesday to formally send the articles across the Capitol.

, so she could learn more about how the trial would be conducted, such as whether witnesses would be called.

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., who as vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee is one of the lawmakers who could be tapped, called it “the biggest guessing game on Capitol Hill,” one that she and others wish they could take bets on. The articles accuse Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The president said he expects to be exonerated in the Senate trial. A two-thirds majority would be required to convict Trump and remove him from office, which is unlikely in a Senate where Republicans outnumber Democrats 53 to 47.

"Leader McConnell's tactics are a clear indication of the fear that he and President Trump have regarding the facts of the president's violations for which he was impeached," Pelosi said.

 

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Didn’t the house already vote on this? Sounds like another stall tactic.

Ffs they still didn't send it?

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