remove, but we want to go home and say we agreed we-issues with conduct, and we feel like we-a wholesome process. the idea of can dismissing out of the gate or towards the ends is a nonstarter. that means they re go estrog at least some lengths of trial. we ve already thattles y tel you have a different personality. and this is interesting reporting. thank you very much on late watch. the president has been publicly trying to say i m happy they re impeaching me. but privately and as he tweeted to all of you, he never thought his name would be connected to anything as ugly as impeachment. how does that help controel what happens in the senate? we see that aev day.
is that in the weeds? a little bit. but matters in terms of how long it takes and what it looks like. let s start with phil maddingly on capitol hill. help us understand, phil, the intrigue of what wants what out of the senate. what s important is the majority leader. he controlls what happens in the united states senate. the impeachment rules make it more of a majority-led process. mitch mcconnell has made it clear one thing. he wants this as short as possible, to still be considered a legitimate trial. he wants the house democratic managers to present their case, the president s defense team to hold their rebuttal and then have an end to it. obviously the president has been up front about the can desire to have adam schiff, the
the votes to remove and wants to put an end to it. in terms of simple majority and process, you can vote or hold a motion to dismiss the articles of impeachment. you could think this is easy. but there s a political price they re worried about, which is leading mcconnell away, which doesn t make trump very happy either. why? they don t have the votes. for a simple majority? in fact mcconnell could put a resolution on as soon as they deliver the articles of impeachment. moderate republicans, people like susan collins and murkowski and other front-line republicans with tough races in 2020 saying this trial needs to look legitimate. we re not going to vote to
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