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brooklynite

(94,792 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:17 PM Jan 2020

Senate Democrats win 2 key changes to Trump impeachment trial rules

Source: CNBC

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats won two key changes to the rules of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as proceedings kicked off Tuesday afternoon.

The changes will permit each sides’ opening arguments to span three days, instead of two, and will also admit materials into evidence from the House investigation into Trump last fall.

The surprise last-minute changes were revealed Tuesday afternoon during a formal reading on the Senate floor of the resolution governing the rules of the trial. A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer later confirmed the changes to CNBC.

“After massive pressure from Senate Democrats and the public, Senator McConnell has made two changes to his organizing resolution for the Senate impeachment trial,” Schumer aide Justin Goodman said in an email.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/senate-democrats-win-2-changes-to-trump-impeachment-trial-rules.html

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Senate Democrats win 2 key changes to Trump impeachment trial rules (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

How about that? MoscowMitch does yield to pressure. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #1

The wall is beginning to crack... Squidly Jan 2020 #2

Question is will he yield and allow witnesses or prevent them from testifying to protect Trump? cstanleytech Jan 2020 #5

So, they're basically back to the Clinton impeachment rules nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2020 #3

So they'll depose witnesses on video, and play the videos in the Senate? lagomorph777 Jan 2020 #6

That isn't really "the Clinton rules"... that's how the rules played out FBaggins Jan 2020 #7

I'm not seeing how these are "key" changes FBaggins Jan 2020 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,739 posts)

1. How about that? MoscowMitch does yield to pressure.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:20 PM

Jan 2020

Squidly

(783 posts)

2. The wall is beginning to crack...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:33 PM

Jan 2020

I hope

cstanleytech

(26,334 posts)

5. Question is will he yield and allow witnesses or prevent them from testifying to protect Trump?

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:54 PM

Jan 2020

Fiendish Thingy

(15,686 posts)

3. So, they're basically back to the Clinton impeachment rules nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:35 PM

Jan 2020

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

6. So they'll depose witnesses on video, and play the videos in the Senate?

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 05:00 PM

Jan 2020

No?

Then no, not like Clinton rules.

FBaggins

(26,775 posts)

7. That isn't really "the Clinton rules"... that's how the rules played out

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 05:11 PM

Jan 2020

It's actually true that they didn't vote on whether or not to include new witnesses until after the initial case/defense were presented.

FBaggins

(26,775 posts)

4. I'm not seeing how these are "key" changes

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:46 PM

Jan 2020

So they'll have three days instead of two (but the same number of hours)? Not exactly a big deal.

And admitting the existing materials as part of this vote instead of a separate vote (that would have passed overwhelmingly)?

I think they set these up as low-hanging fruit so that they could look bipartisan.

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