Once the article arrives, Senate rules say the chamber must almost immediately be transformed into a court of impeachment and sit in judgment until a verdict is reached. Democrats involved in the planning indicated they were not entirely opposed to giving Trump’s team some time, out of fairness, and could use the lag to confirm more Biden nominees. “I’ve been speaking to the Republican leader about the timing and duration of the trial,” Schumer said Friday. “Senate Republicans strongly believe we need a full and fair process where the former president can mount a defense,” he said. The imminent arrival of the article now gives the two leaders a deadline to agree to a set of trial rules to replace the default arrangement already codified in the Senate.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2021 16:52 UTC