56 Votes Is Enough To Continue Trump's Trial—But Short Of What's Needed To Convict

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

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Six Republicans voted with Democrats that it is constitutional to try a former president in the Senate after he or she has left office. But it would take another 11 in order to convict him on the impeachment charge.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
0:08.4	I'm Ryan Lucas. I cover the Justice Department.
0:10.6	And I'm Kelsey Snelli cover Congress.
0:12.4	Here ye, here ye, here ye.
0:15.6	All persons are commanded to keep silence on pain of imprisonment while the Senate of
0:20.3	the United States is sitting for the trial of the Article of Impeachment exhibited by
0:25.6	the House of Representatives against Donald John Trump, former President of the United States.
0:31.9	It is 5.59 pm on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, and the second impeachment trial of former
0:40.7	President Trump has begun. This first day was focused on the constitutional grounds for
0:46.7	the Senate trial now that the President is the former President. And the Senate just voted
0:53.4	a little bit ago in a mostly party line vote, but actually kind of sort of a little bit
0:58.2	bipartisan that the trial should be allowed to proceed.
1:02.3	On this vote, the A's of 56, the days are 44, and pursuant as for as 47. The Senate
1:11.1	having voted the affirmative on the four-going question, the Senate shall proceed.
1:17.1	That was Senator Patrick Leahy over month, the presiding officer for this trial. And that
1:24.5	was also the end of the day. The day started with a very visceral video, sort of a supercut
1:35.5	timeline of that very dark day, mixing video of the insurrection with video of President
1:42.5	Trump with video of senators and members of Congress fleeing the chambers. House impeachment
1:50.1	manager, Democrat Jamie Raskin of Maryland, introduced the montage with a warning.
1:55.8	And if we buy this radical argument that President Trump's lawyers advance, we risk allowing
2:02.6	January 6th to become our future. And what will that mean for America? Think about it.
2:13.7	What will the January exception mean to future generations if you granted? I'll show you.
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