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Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump - Day 5 02/13/2021 | Live - 10:00 AM ET
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Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump - Day 5 02/13/2021 | Live - 10:00 AM ET

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 05:59 AM PST

The Senate Impeachment Trial wraps up for Former President Donald Trump with closing arguments. A vote on whether to convict the former president is expected.

H.RES. 24: Article of Impeachment

House Impeachment Managers H.RES. 40:

Congressman Jamie Raskin (D MD-8), Lead Manager
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D CO-1)
Congressman David Cicilline (D RI-1)
Congressman Joaquin Castro (D TX-20)
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D CA-15)
Congressman Ted Lieu (D CA-33)
Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D USVI)
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D PA-4)
Congressman Joe Neguse (D CO-2)

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Donald Trump Legal Defense Team

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Rules and Procedures of Impeachment, as introduced by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (NY-D), allow for:

2/9/2021: Four hours of equally divided debate on the question of whether Donald John Trump is subject to the jurisdiction of a court of impeachment for acts committed while President of the United States, notwithstanding the expiration of his term in that office
2/10/2021-2/11/2021: House Impeachment Managers make their presentation in support of the Article of Impeachment for a period of time not to exceed 16 hours, over 2 session days.
2/12/2021-2/TBD/2021: The former President Trump's legal team shall make his presentation for a period not to exceed 16 hours, over 2 session days.
Upon the conclusion of the period allotted for presentations by the parties as provided under section 4, Senators may question the parties for a period of time not to exceed 4 hours over not more than 1 session day (time/day tbd)
Upon conclusion of the period allotted for Senators' questions as provided under section 6, there shall be 2 hours of argument, equally divided between the parties. Additional documents may be requested or witnesses called by subpoena (time/day tbd)
Final arguments, which shall not exceed 4 hours, equally divided between the parties (time/day tbd)
Final vote on the Article of Impeachment (time/day tbd)

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The remarks are scheduled to begin at 12:00 Noon ET. You can watch live online on

C-Span
PBS

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Previous Threads

02/09/2021: Constitutionality of Impeachment | House Managers Compilation Video
02/10/2021: Day 2, House Impeachment Managers Part I | House Impeachment Managers Part II
02/11/2021: Day 3, House Impeachment Managers Cont.
02/12/2021: Day 4, Trump Defense Team | Trump Defense Team Part II | Senator Questions Part III

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 08:22 AM PST

It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

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Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
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Trump impeachment defense lied in Senate about Trump's response to 1/6 attack on Capitol

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 05:05 AM PST