Vote convict or quitt an impeached president. How any time said he personally gone through any kind of an impeachment trial . Senator byrd i have sat through three impeachment trials of federal judges. As president pro temp of the the democrats were in control of the senate, i presided over the convictions of two federal judges, which i believe is probably the highest number of convictions over which any president progra temp has presided. I also prepared for the impeachment trial of former president nixon. Host what is the public going to see that they will be surprised about . I hope that well, whichill see a trial in there will be proper the quorum decorum. I dont expect them to see, annd d i would want to go to a corner and stand in shame if they saw the senate engaged in a trial such as the o. J. Simpson trial. Its not a criminal trial, an impeachment trial is not a criminal trial. Differently. Ed e that concern an offens is not indictable in a court of law, and thats important to
Wisconsin, the house is coming in. Thank you so much. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 16, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The house prepares to recess for a week of constituent visitation and in home districts. As the nation anticipates the Martin Luther king long weekend. As we remember the heroic struggle of the civil rights movement, the badges and incidents of slavery from continued through policies still operative today, though recently being addressed through efforts at criminal Justice Reform and sentencing reform. The pains of racism,
Present the case against the president , kim strassel, and columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley, what do you expect to happen in this trial . Well, what we are going to have is the an Opening Statement where people put forth outlines for and against and questions about votes, youll also have the house impeachment managers going first and presenting evidence that they collected if the course of this investigation trying to convince senators that it is enough to go forward with conviction and in theory that would be by the president s defense. Paul is there a possibility that youll hear from impeachment managers and if the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says you know what, i think we have enough votes to acquit here right now that they could hold a vote after that those original arguments . This is something more and more republicans are thinking about. You know there, had been a thought of having emotion to dismiss up front but it was clear that a lot of republicans werent
Present the case against the president , kim strassel, and columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley, what do you expect to happen in this trial . Well, what we are going to have is the an Opening Statement where people put forth outlines for and against and questions about votes, youll also have the house impeachment managers going first and presenting evidence that they collected if the course of this investigation trying to convince senators that it is enough to go forward with conviction and in theory that would be by the president s defense. Paul is there a possibility that youll hear from impeachment managers and if the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says you know what, i think we have enough votes to acquit here right now that they could hold a vote after that those original arguments . This is something more and more republicans are thinking about. You know there, had been a thought of having emotion to dismiss up front but it was clear that a lot of republicans werent
And zach cohen, congressional reporter for the national journal. We appreciate you being with us. Senator, i want to begin with something that you told maryland media recently with regard to the impeachment, that its not how the parties do, but how the senate does. Can you elaborate . Sen. Cardin exactly. This is the senate. Its reputation is so much at stake here. The house has exclusive jurisdiction over the articles of impeachment. The senate has exclusive jurisdiction over the trial. Although well listen to the house managers and the president s lawyers, its up to the senate to conduct this trial, not the democrats, not the republicans to make points, but the senate has an institution to carry out a fair trial. And to me, this is our challenge. So ive said many times, we got to make sure she is a fair trial. We need to hear from those witnesses who have the direct information. We need to see the documents. We need to make independent judgments as to what the evidence produces, as w