How Trump’s Senate impeachment trial will work — step by step by stableford & realchriswilson
The House voted Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named seven managers who will act as prosecutors in the upcoming trial — just the third such trial in American history.Some of it will look familiar. A 1986 Senate resolution — “Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the United States Senate" — lays out some of the ground rules.
Administering of oathsRoberts will be sworn in by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the president pro tem of the Senate, and then the chief justice will administer this oath to all 100 senators requiring them to be impartial justices: Story continues“I’m not an impartial juror,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters. “There is not anything judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision ... I’m not impartial about this at all.”
The potential for a dismissalDepending on the rules that end up passing, the Senate could have the option to dismiss the case at the outset with a simple-majority vote. This is Trump’s preferred option, but at least four Republicans say they prefer a trial and the motion will likely fail, assuming all 47 Democrats are opposed. A motion to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Clinton fell in a 56-44 vote.
WitnessesIt is still to be determined if witnesses will be called. McConnell has said the decision will be made “at the appropriate time into the trial.” There are signs that a majority of senators might vote to call former national security adviser John Bolton, who is one of four witnesses Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has requested.
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