Key Takeaways From the First Day of Trump’s Impeachment Trial
The Senate kicked off Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial on Tuesday with Democrats using a 13-minute video of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to help make their case to the Senate, debating the constitutionality of the trial of a former president.
Here are three takeaways from the first day of arguments, which ended with the Senate voting to proceed with Trump’s trial, 56-44.
Six Republicans voted with Democrats to advance the trial, suggesting that House managers still lack the 17 GOP votes needed to convict Trump and bar him from holding future office.
Trump’s lawyers make a poor 1st impression
Bruce Castor Jr., a former district attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Trump’s lead lawyer, spent most of his 48 minutes on the Senate floor meandering through topics that weren’t clearly related to the constitutional questions facing the Senate.
