(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office said the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald Trump's impeachment attorneys to halt Trump's impeachment trial during the Jewish Sabbath. "We respect their request and of course will accommodate it. Conversations with the relevant parties about the structure of the trial continue," said Justin Goodman, a spokesman for Schumer. "I apologize for the inconvenience my request that impeachment proceedings not be conducted during the Jewish Sabbath undoubtedly will cause other people involved in the proceedings," Schoen said in the letter obtained by the Times. "The practices and prohibitions are mandatory for me, however; so, respectfully, I have no choice but to make this request."

Source: CNN February 07, 2021 03:33 UTC