the senate would conduct the trial. the senate run by republicans, run by mitch mcconnell. interestingly you say in your article, i d like you to explain this, the senate it s not clear would have to conduct a trial? well, clearly the writers of the constitution envisioned that the next step would be the senate would conduct a trial, but there s no ednforcement mechanism. it raises the question of what happened if mitch mcconnell garlands this. remember in 2016, he refused to even hold a hearing or a vote on president trump s judicial supreme court nominee, merrick garland. what if he does that here or what they simply gavel the thing closed without hearing any evidence right away? it could be done. it s not clear what would stop it if they had the will, the power to do that without holding a real trial. as a matter politic, there s no sign the republicans are breaking ranks, in anywhere near the numbers that would be necessary to get to that