President Trump's impeachment trial officially begins in the Senate, with a reading of the articles of impeachment
WASHINGTON – House lawmakers called managers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump carried the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Thursday and read the charges aloud to formally begin the third trial of a sitting president.were recognized at 12:06 p.m. and were escorted to the well of the Senate. The lead manager, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., then read the articles aloud as senators sat at their wooden desks.
, Rudy Giuliani, who said the president knew what they were doing to pressure Ukraine into investigating former vice president Joe Biden. “There seems to be documentation that would validate what Mr. Parnas is saying," Pelosi said."But that all has to be subjected to scrutiny."Hours before the managers arrived, McConnell criticized the signing ceremony that Pelosi held Wednesday before sending the articles to the Senate. He noted the numerous pens emblazoned with Pelosi’s name in gold ink that she used to sign the document and then and handed out as souvenirs.
A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to convict and remove Trump, which is unlikely in the chamber where Republicans outnumber Democrats 53 to 47.
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