Trump impeachment trial moves to question session — here’s what to expect

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The question-and-answer session will allow the lawyers on both sides to make their final points before the senators vote on whether to hear witnesses.

Schiff says impeachment trial rules ‘nothing like Clinton’

There is no official time limit for House impeachment managers or White House lawyers to respond, but both McConnell and Roberts urged brevity. Roberts asked the two sides to limit their answers to five minutes each. He noted that transcripts from the Clinton trial show that a similar request by Chief Justice William Rehnquist was met with laughter from within the chamber.LAST-DITCH STRATEGYSchiff says Trump impeachment defence team ‘reeling’ from revelation about John Bolton’s bookDemocrats are likely to ask friendly questions of the House impeachment managers, and Republicans to the White House.

Republican and Democratic senators will also use their questions to poke holes in the others’ arguments.‘It’s best for the country to vote on the record established’: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on impeachment trial

 

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