On Tuesday, the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is set to begin. Republicans and Democrats will begin the inevitable clash over the trial's rules Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET. MSNBC's special coverage of the trial will begin at 9 a.m. ET, immediately following Morning Joe. The headlines: -
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will allot first Democrats, then Republicans a total of 24 hours each to present their arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but the time must be confined to two working days per side.
The proposal also suggests that none of the evidence collected as part of the House's impeachment inquiry will be admitted automatically. Instead, the Senate will vote later on whether to admit any documents.
"Senator McConnell's resolution is nothing short than a national disgrace," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer responded in a statement. "The McConnell rules don't even allow the simple, basic step of admitting the House record into evidence at the trial."
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In a 110-page memo released Monday that previewed the president's defense strategy, Trump's legal team says he did "absolutely nothing wrong," is the victim of a partisan plot to take him down and should be swiftly acquitted in a Senate trial.
Trump's impeachment is a "dangerous perversion of the Constitution that the Senate should swiftly and roundly condemn," his lawyers claim in the brief.
"The Articles themselves — and the rigged process that brought them here — are a brazenly political act by House Democrats that must be rejected."
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"We will not comply," thousands of gun rights activists chanted as they crammed into the Virginia Capitol on Monday at a rally to urge state lawmakers to reject sweeping measures to limit the spread of firearms.
About 22,000 people attended, 6,000 on Capitol Square and 16,000 outside the security gates, authorities said.
In the days leading up to the rally, there were fears that it would be a repeat of the violent 2017 protest in Charlottesville that ended in a woman's death. Gun safety groups canceled a MLK Day vigil at the Capitol that was supposed to begin after the gun rights rally.
But the rally was largely peaceful, with no reported violence, despite the presence of some extremist groups.
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—Laurence Tribe warns Senate Republicans against depriving the American people a fair trial (Video) On Tuesday, the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins. MSNBC's special coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET, and will continue throughout the day. This edition of the newsletter was prepared for you by Stephanie Haberman. Were you forwarded this email from a friend? Subscribe here. We love to hear from you. Send us an e-mail. |
