Day One: Senate Impeachment Trial

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

President Trump's impeachment trial kicks off today in the United States Senate. Historian, lawyer, and author of Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy David O. Stewart explains the significance of today's events. The battle over impeachment witnesses has been heating up as the Senate trial begins. So will we see witnesses take the stand? Former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) who served as a House manager in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton weighs in on the Democrats' push for additional testimony and evidence for the Senate trial. Plus, commentary by economist and business professor at the University of Maryland, Peter Morici. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.7	I'm Sandra Smith.
0:15.9	I'm Brad Bear.
0:16.7	I'm Ainslie your heart.
0:17.6	And this is the Fox News rundown.
0:19.6	Tuesday, January 21st, 2020. I'm Dave Anthony. The Senate looks a little more like a courtroom
0:31.7	today as the Trump impeachment trial resumes.
0:35.9	The founders actually thought impeachment was a very important tool for Congress for
0:40.5	controlling the president.
0:41.8	They were very concerned about an all-powerful
0:43.9	president. They had reacted strongly and led a revolution against the king.
0:48.6	I'm Jessica Rosenthal. Will witnesses be called new evidence considered?
0:53.8	They don't have any authority under the constitutional framework here to look at new evidence,
1:00.7	to consider new crimes, or new impeachable offenses.
1:04.8	That is not the Senate's responsibility.
1:07.7	And I'm Peter Marise, I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:16.3	The impeachment trial resumes today in the Senate and the case against President Trump
1:21.6	who left the country last night
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