McConnell Releases Rules for Senate Impeachment Trial, Allows Vote on Witnesses

McConnell Releases Rules for Senate Impeachment Trial, Allows Vote on Witnesses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to the news media in Washington in a file photograph. Leah Millis/Reuters
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released a resolution outlining his proposed rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump late Monday.

According to the resolution (pdf), the trial is set to start in earnest on Wednesday at 1 p.m., with the Senate to vote on whether to admit materials from the House and new evidence only after opening arguments from both sides.
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