Senate leadership announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement on the framework for former President Trump
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“For the information of the Senate, the Republican leader and I, in consultation with both House managers and former President Trump’s attorneys, have agreed to a bipartisan resolution to regulate the structure and timing of the upcoming trial,” said Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
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“All parties have agreed to a structure that will ensure a fair and fair trial against the former president’s impeachment by the Senate,” said Schumer.
Minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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“I am pleased that Leader Schumer and I were able to reach an agreement on a fair trial and an approximate timeline for the upcoming Senate trial,” McConnell said. “It gives senators as jurors ample time to receive the case and arguments.”
Schumer’s announcement comes after he previously revealed at a press conference in New York that they were finalizing an agreement.
Based on the timeline, the trial could be concluded next week, if both parties agree not to call witnesses.
Under the deal, the Senate will debate and vote on Tuesday whether the process is constitutional. The attempt to declare the process unconstitutional won’t last long after that Rand Paul
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The opening arguments start Wednesday. Under the deal, the House impeachment managers and Trump’s team each have 16 hours over two days to present their case to the Senate.
That’s a faster pace than both the Clinton Trial and the First Trump Trial, which gave both sides 24 hours.
The deal also leaves the door open for witness calls. The House’s impeachment managers previously invited Trump to testify under oath, an offer his lawyers rejected. They have not yet said whether they will try to get the Senate to call other witnesses.
The trial will also be adjourned on Saturday to meet a request from one of Trump’s lawyers to observe the Jewish Sabbath.
If both sides use all their time, that would provide opening arguments to wrap up on Sunday.
After that, the Senate is expected to have time to ask questions on both sides, as well as possible deliberations. In previous trials, senators had two days for the question-and-answer session. Under the Resolution’s Rules of the Trial, senators are given four hours to ask questions.
Both parties are given two hours to conclude arguments.
“As in previous trials, there will be just as much time for senatorial questions and for closing arguments and an opportunity for the Senate to hold deliberations if it wishes, and then we will vote on the impeachment article,” Schumer said.
The trial comes nearly five weeks after the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
While the Republicans were outraged after Trump urged his supporters to march to the Capitol while lawmakers were counting the electoral college result, Democrats are not expected to be able to get the 17 Republican votes needed to Trump.