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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump made history when he became the first president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. Roughly a year ago, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/801695409/watch-live-trump-on-brink-of-acquittal-by-u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate acquitted Trump\u003c/a> on two articles — abuse of power and obstruction. This time he faces one article approved by the House arguing he \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/13/956449072/house-impeaches-trump-a-2nd-time-citing-insurrection-at-u-s-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incited an insurrection\u003c/a> at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day that Congress was required by the Constitution to count and certify the electoral votes in the 2020 election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Here’s how the trial is expected to work:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In a proceeding like this, House impeachment managers act as the prosecution, making their case of Trump’s culpability to the senators, who act like jurors. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., selected nine Democrats to serve as managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 25, these managers delivered the article of impeachment to the Senate, which triggered the start of a trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed last month to give the former president’s defense team some time to prepare and established a schedule for filing pretrial briefs. The managers submitted \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963206414/read-house-impeachment-managers-brief-outlines-arguments-for-senate-trial-of-tru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their 80-page brief\u003c/a> on Feb. 2 and the former president’s defense team filed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/2021/02/08/965412514/read-trumps-impeachment-defense-brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their own pretrial brief\u003c/a> on Feb. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schumer and McConnell agreed Monday afternoon to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/download/alb21257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resolution\u003c/a> that sets up the structure of the trial. Schumer said it will ensure a “fair and honest” process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement sent by Trump’s office Monday afternoon, Trump’s legal team said they were pleased there was bipartisan support on structuring the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This process will provide us with an opportunity to explain to Senators why it is absurd and unconstitutional to hold an impeachment trial against a private citizen,” it read.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What is the timing for the trial?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, beginning at 1 p.m. ET., there will be up to four hours equally divided between the impeachment managers and the president’s counsel to debate the constitutionality of the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the arguments, the Senate will vote on whether it has the jurisdiction to try a former president. The threshold to pass is a simple majority of 51 votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes, the trial will proceed with up to 16 hours per side to present their case beginning at noon ET on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution states that each side can’t go over two days in presenting their case and that each day’s presentation can’t exceed eight hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the presentations are done, senators will have a total of four hours to question both sides. Then, there will be four hours divided equally between the parties for arguments on whether the Senate will consider motions to subpoena witnesses and documents, if requested by the managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impeachment managers have already said that the senators themselves, who were sitting in the chamber the day of the Jan. 6 attack, are witnesses. Most lawmakers on both sides say adding witness testimony would prolong the trial unnecessarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be up to four hours equally divided for closing arguments, along with deliberation time if requested by the senators before the vote takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial will pause during the Jewish Sabbath, which begins Friday at sundown and ends Saturday evening, at the request of Trump’s lawyer, David Schoen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial will reconvene the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who is defending Trump?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962689880/trump-names-new-defense-team-ahead-of-senate-impeachment-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr.\u003c/a> were named as Trump’s lawyers after all five members of his defense team \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/31/962493398/trumps-top-impeachment-lawyers-leave-team-days-before-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly left\u003c/a> a little more than a week before the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castor is the former county commissioner and former district attorney for Montgomery County, Pa. He’s known, in part, for a case that he didn’t pursue in 2005, declining to prosecute Bill Cosby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schoen has worked briefly as counsel for Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone. He is also linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. In 2019, Schoen told the Atlanta Jewish Times that he met with Epstein in prison days before Epstein hanged himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third lawyer, Michael van der Veen, was listed on Trump’s pretrial brief that was submitted on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will Trump testify?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead impeachment manager, sent a letter to Trump on Feb. 4., inviting the former president to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/04/964091421/impeachment-managers-invite-trump-to-testify-under-oath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testify under oath\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s attorneys responded by calling the request a “public relations stunt.” Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, told NPR’s Domenico Montanaro that Trump would not testify, labeling the trial an “unconstitutional proceeding.” It’s worth noting that Trump also declined to participate personally in his first impeachment proceedings a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the two sides expected to argue?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963206414/read-house-impeachment-managers-brief-outlines-arguments-for-senate-trial-of-tru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brief\u003c/a>, House managers argue Trump is “singularly responsible” for the violence that ensued at the Capitol after rallying his supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To protect our democracy and national security — and to deter any future President who would consider provoking violence in pursuit of power — the Senate should convict President Trump and disqualify him from future federal officeholding,” it reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Trump’s lawyers have dismissed the impeachment case against the former president as “political theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They claim Trump didn’t encourage violence and that his comments at the rally on Jan. 6 are protected by the First Amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central to their defense is the question of constitutionality. Trump’s team has denied that Trump can be tried as a former president,\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/961330810/there-is-precedent-for-trying-a-former-government-official-established-145-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a claim disputed by many constitutional scholars\u003c/a>. [aside tag=\"impeachment\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/960768286/amid-grief-rep-jamie-raskin-leads-trump-impeachment-effort-in-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told NPR’s Kelsey Snell\u003c/a> that the Constitution applies “on your first day of office; it applies on your last day in office and everything in between.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added: “Everybody can understand that if we had a rule that you can’t be tried for anything that you did in your last three or four or five weeks in office that would basically be sending an extremely dangerous signal to future presidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will Trump be convicted?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A Trump conviction is very unlikely. Democrats would need 17 Republicans to join them in voting yes to convict Trump. 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"content": "\u003cp>At about 7 p.m. ET Monday, the House delivered to the Senate an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump, a move that will \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959606259/house-to-transmit-article-of-impeachment-to-senate-on-monday-schumer-says\">trigger preparations\u003c/a> for a historic trial. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The formal step comes just over a year after the House last transmitted an impeachment measure against Trump to the upper chamber. The latest rebuke alleges that the former president incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, U.S. senators, who act as jurors in an impeachment trial, will be sworn in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial itself will begin on Feb. 9, giving the nine House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team two weeks to file briefs and finalize their legal preparations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the delay will ensure Trump has due process. 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And that's why we can't just sweep this under the rug.'[/pullquote]Some Republican senators have said they believe it's unconstitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a president who's already out of office. Others have decried what they view is a partisan exercise. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the trial is stupid. I think it's counterproductive,\" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday. \"We already have a flaming fire in this country and it's like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Added Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., on NBC on Sunday: \"It's a moot point. There are other things that we'd rather be working on instead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to such criticisms from GOP lawmakers, Rep. Swalwell said it's about accountability. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our founders gave us the ability to try this case even beyond a president's term in office with the penalty that he would be disqualified from serving again,\" Swalwell said. \"And I think considering what Donald Trump did to incite the attack and the lives that were lost, we should all agree that he should never have the privilege of holding public office again because he would do this again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell added it's also about deterring future presidents from doing something similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And to do that, you have to show that you would hold the president accountable,\" he said. \"Not just on their first day in office, but all the way up to the last second in office, because after all, that's when a coup would likely take place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is the greatest crime any president has ever committed against the Constitution. And that's why we can't just sweep this under the rug.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='impeachment']Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., who is also serving as one of the impeachment managers, said she's heartened by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956621191/these-are-the-10-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump\">the 10 House Republicans\u003c/a> who voted to impeach Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ten was a historically high number. That was a bipartisan impeachment,\" she said on CNN's \u003cem>State of the Union \u003c/em>on Sunday. \"Take a look at the words of [Wyoming Rep.] Liz Cheney, who said [Trump] assembled the mob, he incited the mob, and he lit the flame. ... I take heart in that. I hope, over the course of the remaining days, as we nine prepare this trial, more and more elected officials will pay attention to their oath and see the egregious high crimes and misdemeanors that this president was so desperate and capable of in the last weeks of his term in office.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For her part, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/12/956192433/cheney-will-vote-to-impeach-there-has-never-been-a-greater-betrayal-by-a-preside\">Cheney\u003c/a>, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is now fending off attacks from her own party stemming from her decision to support Trump's impeachment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another impeachment manager, Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 5:43 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate has voted to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, ending a monthslong process of investigations and hearings, and exposing a sharply divided Congress and country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acquittal on the first article was 52-48, with Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah becoming the only senator to cross party lines. Trump was cleared of the second charge on a straight party-line vote, 53-47.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Convicting and removing Trump from office would have required 67 votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump campaign immediately issued a statement after the vote, saying the president has been \"totally vindicated.\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1225179058000089090?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump tweeted\u003c/a> that he will make a public statement on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET \"to discuss our Country's VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump is only the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. None has been removed from office by the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwoAUNJgLlU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the vote, Romney said he could not stand with his party over Trump's actions with Ukraine, which he called \"grievously wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust,\" said Romney on the Senate floor. \"What he did was not perfect. No, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security and our fundamental values,\" he said. \"Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romney was the only Republican to vote \"guilty\" but becomes the first senator to vote to remove a president of his own party from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/FxiuSZYZ-HWSueGzu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch his remarks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cvae7mP69E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romney did vote against the second article of impeachment for obstructing Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how long Romney would be in the Senate GOP's dog house, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., responded, \"We don't have any dog houses here. The most important vote is the next vote.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McConnell told reporters that impeachment has been \"a political loser\" for Democrats and \"a colossal political mistake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Romney was the lone Republican to vote against the president, Democrats were united in their opposition. Three red-state Democrats who were considered possible supporters of acquittal — Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Doug Jones of Alabama — all voted guilty on both articles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action Wednesday closes the chapter on Trump's Senate trial, capping a process that began with an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives, led to the president's impeachment and, ultimately, his acquittal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result was never in doubt. Republicans hold a comfortable majority in the chamber, and the Democratic caucus would have needed 20 Republicans to break with their party leadership. Most GOP senators are ardent supporters of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has called the entire process a \"witch hunt\" and did not acknowledge it in Tuesday night's \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/800983688/fact-check-president-trump-delivers-his-3rd-state-of-the-union-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State of the Union address to Congress\u003c/a>, a speech where the audience of congressional lawmakers was as divided on the issue of impeachment as the citizens they represent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue is Trump's \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/25/764052120/read-transcript-of-president-trumps-call-with-ukraine-s-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25 phone call with Ukraine's newly elected president\u003c/a>, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Democrats say Trump tied the release of frozen military aid to Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden, the former vice president who is a Democratic presidential candidate. That forms the basis of the first article of impeachment: abuse of power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House declined to participate in the House impeachment inquiry into whether Trump's action constituted a quid pro quo — a decision that formed the basis of the second article of impeachment against Trump: obstruction of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"impeachment\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who was seen as a swing vote in the trial, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/801695201/watch-senators-have-their-say-on-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Tuesday\u003c/a> that House managers did not meet the burden of showing the president's conduct was worth his removal from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while it was \"wrong of [Trump] to ask a foreign government to investigate a political rival,\" there were gaps in the record about the phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins also criticized the House managers' rationale on Article 2, obstruction of Congress, saying the Democrats chose \"speed over finality\"; many Republicans argue that the House Democrats should have gone to court to subpoena Trump administration witnesses for testimony and documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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It's a grand tragedy.\" He said that if Trump is finally acquitted now, \"the acquittal will have no value.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"impeachment\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>The 'No' Votes\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Democratic House managers' hopes of calling witnesses who could have proved damaging to Trump were dashed even before a vote on the motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander announced his decision not to join the Democrats' effort on Thursday; Murkowski's statement came Friday before the Senate trial resumed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The looming acquittal for the president was long anticipated, but the roadblock on witnesses still marks a striking setback for Democrats, who at times appeared hopeful that they would be able to persuade enough Republicans to join them in voting to call witnesses, thereby prolonging the trial if not the altering its outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murkowski made clear on Friday that she did not want an extended trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate,\" Murkowski said in a statement. \"I don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 10:56 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senators weighing impeachment charges against President Trump spent Thursday firing questions at lawyers as they did the day before, just as the prospect of former national security adviser John Bolton's appearance as a witness continues to stoke speculation. The Senate will enter its next phase Friday — considering whether to allow witnesses and evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president faces two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to accusations that he held up military aid to Ukraine until the country announced investigations into potential political rival former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Thursday, Sen. Susan Collins said she would vote in support of allowing witnesses:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1223091529872564225?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats need four Republicans to support their push for witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday night at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, days ahead of the caucuses Monday, President Trump took jabs at House Managers prosecuting him over alleged abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Congressional Democrats are consumed with partisan rage and obsessed with a deranged witch hunt hoax,\" said Trump to a booing crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're having probably the best years we've ever had in the history of our country, and I just got impeached. Can you believe these people? I got impeached. They impeached Trump,\" Trump said. \"That's not gonna work. Watch. Just watch,\" Trump said. \"They want to nullify your ballots, poison our democracy and overthrow the entire system of government. That's not happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Roberts Refuses Early Question\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, presiding over the trial, refused to read a question from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted,\" Roberts said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is believed that Paul's question would have identified the whistleblower whose complaint sparked the House's impeachment investigation of Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person's identity is protected by law, and neither Roberts nor Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., want it to be in the official trial record. McConnell had urged senators to be respectful of Roberts, who is supervising the trial as specified in the Constitution while also attempting to keep above the partisan aspects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11799022\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11799022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/ap_20030072534176_custom-0e7bb3e33b8f4d60f55a42a8b14525ead67bf69c-e1580402190880.jpg\" alt=\"In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial in the Senate. Schiff's stance is that "you can't have a fair trial without witnesses."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial in the Senate. Schiff's stance is that \"you can't have a fair trial without witnesses.\" \u003ccite>(Senate Television via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Madness'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>House impeachment manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., took issue with the wide view of presidential powers put forth by Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to a question about whether a quid pro quo in the foreign policy arena was ever appropriate, Dershowitz said, \"Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Eric Herschmann, Trump's attorney\"]'Maybe we could even get more done. Let's try something different now. Join us. Join us. One nation, one nation, one people.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, \"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After wide condemnation by Democrats and on social media, Dershowitz said his comments were misinterpreted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Schiff declared, \"That way madness lies, if we are to accept the president essentially can do whatever he wants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Join Us'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The answer to one question posed by Republican senators must have brought joy to the president's ears. Asked whether the president has the best interests of Americans and their families in mind, Trump attorney Eric Herschmann recited a litany of positive economic statistics in what may have sounded like a Trump reelection ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are more than 7 million jobs created since the election. Illegal border crossings are down 78% since May, and 100 miles of the wall have been built. The unemployment rate is the lowest in 50 years,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turning to the House managers, he concluded, \"Maybe we could even get more done. Let's try something different now. Join us. Join us. One nation, one nation, one people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTn2cc91Sc\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sen. Warren Considers Chief Justice's Position\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., had a sharply worded question for the House managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government, does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the chief justice, the Supreme Court and the Constitution?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schiff answered by first saying, \"The chief justice has presided admirably.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that the country \"does deserve a fair trial,\" which, for Democrats, means calling witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If they don't get that fair trial, it will just further a cynicism that is corrosive to this institution and to our democracy,\" Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Acquittal at Hand?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Senate is expected to finish the 16 hours of written questions on Thursday night. On Friday, the Senate is expected to convene at 1 p.m. ET and have up to four hours of debate — equally divided between the managers and president's counsels — on whether to consider more evidence or witness testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is possible that at the end of that debate (or any time during or thereafter), the Senate will go in to closed session for private deliberation on the witness question. Only in closed deliberation can they speak to one another on the floor. There is no time limit for closed deliberations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the motion to consider more evidence is approved — a 51-vote majority is required — then senators can offer motions on which witnesses and documents they want to subpoena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 50-50 tie fails. Technically, the presiding officer, Roberts, could move to break a tie, but he is not expected to insert himself into a political process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the motion fails, there are still any number of procedural motions Democrats could offer, and there is potential for another long series of votes. For example, Democrats could offer motions requesting more time to debate, but these would likely be delaying tactics or protest votes that will not affect the outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the lawmakers are done debating all motions, the Senate will then vote on each article of impeachment. Those votes could occur as early as Friday evening. Republicans would like Trump to be acquitted by then, but Democrats are working to recruit enough members to support bringing in witnesses to testify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That effort is flagging, senators say.\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\"]'You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial. You don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The momentum is clearly in the direction of moving to final judgment on Friday,\" said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. \"We still have a couple members who said they want to listen to answers to questions, but that's where the momentum is in the caucus right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tried to walk a tightrope when he gave his assessment on the possibility of bringing in witnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Probably no,\" Schumer told reporters on Wednesday. \"But is it a decent, good chance? 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We're going to call witnesses that will turn this into a circus.' It shouldn't be a circus. It should be a fair trial. You can't have a fair trial without witnesses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans have been discussing a possible deal involving a witness-for-witness swap, in which Bolton might be exchange for Biden. Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 11:40 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate on Wednesday night concluded the first of two days full of questions in the impeachment trial of President Trump. The proceeding offered clues about the thinking of senators, but the session consisted mostly of trial lawyers on both sides magnifying arguments they have already delivered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were, however, controversial moments in which Trump's counsel took positions Democrats decried as radical or even unlawful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump lawyer Patrick Philbin and Rep. Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats prosecuting Trump, sparred over a topic that reverberated after Wednesday's session ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philbin defended accepting \"credible\" information from foreign sources about a political rival, arguing that \"mere information is not something that would violate the campaign finance laws.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it's credible information,\" he said, \"it's relevant information for the voters to know about for people to be able to decide on who is the best candidate for an office.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His defense echoes comments Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/id-exclusive-interview-trump-listen-foreigners-offered-dirt/story?id=63669304&cid=clicksource_4380645_null\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously made\u003c/a> about accepting compromising information from foreign governments about political opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alan Dershowitz, President Donald Trump's lawyer\"]'If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schiff became animated in responding, saying the suggestion that seeking foreign interference in an American election is a president's policy should have another name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm sorry, that's what I call corruption. And they can dress it up in fine legalese, but corruption is still corruption,\" Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal campaign finance laws \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:52%20section:30121%20edition:prelim)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">do prohibit \u003c/a>foreign contributions, or taking a \"thing of value\" from a foreign source in U.S. elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said Senate Democrats were in \"shock\" when Philbin defended what she called a type of foreign interference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is setting precedent that is unheard of in our country. And it's dangerous, dangerous, dangerous,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said he was \"flabbergasted\" by Philbin's \"inappropriate\" remarks. \"The president's counsel tonight, in a sense gave a green light for that kind of behavior to continue,\" he said. \"I hope and pray that cooler heads will prevail but I think there was a dramatic step backwards in terms of protecting the integrity of our election.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warner, a lead Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Philbin's advocacy contradicts the work of the intelligence community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mr. Trump's own Director of the CIA, Director of NSA, Director of National Intelligence, Director of FBI, who've all said their top priority going into 2020 is to make sure foreign interference does not continue and is not allowed,\" Warner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schiff, sounding aghast, agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's now okay to criminally conspire with another country to get help in a presidential election?\" Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another striking exchange occurred when Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz said if a president orchestrates a quid pro quo, or an exchange of favors, and it is done for more reasons than being corrupt, then the action should not trigger an impeachment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,\" Dershowitz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dershowitz said if a president does not act out of purely a \"corrupt motive,\" but rather has a \"mixed motive,\" meaning a president is acting of the country's interest and in hopes of improving reelection prospects, then the behavior cannot warrant articles of impeachment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How many presidents have made foreign policy decisions after checking with their political advisers and pollsters?\" he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the position brought Dershowitz \"into the land of legal absurdity,\" he \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1222626330560385025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted\u003c/a>. \"That anything a public official does for re-election is OK. That cannot be true.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The formal proceedings on Capitol Hill, in which senators from both parties submitted written questions to House managers prosecuting the case as well as Trump's defense lawyers, commenced as news emerged from the White House that the National Security Council told John Bolton, its former chief, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6745122-Letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a letter \u003c/a>that the manuscript for his upcoming book \"appears to contain significant amounts of classified information\" that needs to be excised before the book can be published.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uFd3ZuChl0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is being contested by Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, who on Wednesday released an email he sent last week to the National Security Council in which he asserted that nothing in Bolton's book \"could reasonably be considered classified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper said the National Security Council never responded to the email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That manuscript, which reportedly contains dozens of pages on Trump's dealing with Ukraine, has loomed over this week's Senate impeachment trial sessions. That is because the book purportedly says Trump told Bolton that military assistance to Ukraine would be released only after Ukraine opened investigations into Trump's Democratic rivals — the allegation at the heart of Trump's impeachment and the proceedings in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first question Wednesday came from Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski, three Republican senators who have signaled they may support a vote to hear from witnesses. They asked the president's defense lawyers how the Senate should weigh impeachment if Trump had more than one motive for his conduct. The question — like all others — were submitted to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial, who read them aloud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Patrick Philbin responded that \"once you're in mixed-motive land, once it is established that there is a legitimate public interest that could justify looking into something, just asking a question about something, the managers' case fails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first question from the Democratic side was whether the Senate could render a verdict without hearing from key witnesses, such as Bolton and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11798694\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11798694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/ap_20028771507033_custom-4043677bf5f30d2ff0afeb0e0dc942461cef616b-e1580312519783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Democratic impeachment manager Rep. 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Trump's attorney Alan Dershowitz responded with a broad view of executive powers, arguing that \"if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But later, Schiff said: \"All quid pro quos are not the same. Some are legitimate and some are corrupt, and you don't need to be a mind reader to figure out which is which. For one thing, you can ask John Bolton.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\"]'I hope we can get witnesses and documents. It's an uphill fight. Is it more likely than not? Probably no. But is it a decent good chance? Yes.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a definite shift in activity in the chamber Wednesday. Senate pages ran question cards and notes back and forth — in addition to their usual duties of running water and mail to senators' desks. Senators were also much more engaged in the question-and-answer portion. Dozens had question cards on their desks, took notes or prepared questions. Many watched the speaker at the lectern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The session, which was scheduled to last eight hours on Wednesday, will continue for a further eight on Thursday. This stage in the proceedings comes a day after the president's legal team rested in its defense of Trump. Democratic House managers made their case last week on why the president should be removed from office. Trump was impeached last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those watching the session Wednesday was Joseph Bondy, the attorney for Lev Parnas, a former associate of Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Bondy was in the Senate gallery as a guest of Schumer. Parnas, who has been indicted in New York for alleged campaign finance violations, wasn't in the gallery because he has to wear a GPS monitoring device as part of his pretrial release. 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They say Trump has not committed any crime and therefore cannot be removed from office, even though many legal scholars say a law need not be broken to secure an impeachment conviction that would remove a president from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although two previous presidents, Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson, have also been impeached, no U.S. president has ever been removed from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats impeached Trump last month for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for what the prosecution team says was a campaign to pressure Ukraine into opening investigations into Trump's political rivals by holding up $391 million in congressionally approved security assistance in order to apply leverage on Ukrainian authorities. House Democrats say the White House's refusal to cooperate with the impeachment investigation is proof of a cover-up and amounts to obstruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Impeachment+Trial+Moves+To+Question+Phase%2C+While+Witness+Vote+Looms&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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And it's dangerous, dangerous, dangerous,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. 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That cannot be true.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The formal proceedings on Capitol Hill, in which senators from both parties submitted written questions to House managers prosecuting the case as well as Trump's defense lawyers, commenced as news emerged from the White House that the National Security Council told John Bolton, its former chief, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6745122-Letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a letter \u003c/a>that the manuscript for his upcoming book \"appears to contain significant amounts of classified information\" that needs to be excised before the book can be published.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1uFd3ZuChl0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1uFd3ZuChl0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>That is being contested by Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, who on Wednesday released an email he sent last week to the National Security Council in which he asserted that nothing in Bolton's book \"could reasonably be considered classified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper said the National Security Council never responded to the email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That manuscript, which reportedly contains dozens of pages on Trump's dealing with Ukraine, has loomed over this week's Senate impeachment trial sessions. 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