The United States’ House of Representatives delivered its impeachment article against former President, Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, setting in motion a trial where senators will decide whether to convict him for inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government.
Senators will not start to hear the case against Trump for another two weeks. The chamber reached an agreement where the trial will start in earnest in the week of Feb. 8, giving the Senate time to confirm more of President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
Senators will get sworn in as jurors on Tuesday. Then, both the impeachment managers who will make the House’s case against Trump and his defense team will get time to draft and file legal briefs.
Trump is the only American president who got a second impeachment trial at the House and will be the first to go through a conviction trial at the Senate after leaving office. If 67 senators vote to convict him, the chamber can then decide whether to bar him from ever holding public office again and receiving benefits given to former presidents.
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