Senate Could Start Impeachment Trial Against Trump in January: Majority Leader

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a press conference as Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), left, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), second from right, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), listen, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Senate could start an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump as soon as Jan. 2020, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Dec. 11.

“Assuming that House Democrats send us articles of impeachment next week, a Senate trial will have to be our first item of business in January,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.