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I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington and this week on Face the Nation the

pomp and pageantry of the opening act of the Senate impeachment trial of

President Trump are complete. The cast is set as prosecutors, defenders, jurors, and judge prepare for their roles in what is only the third impeachment trial in American history.

But the question of whether there will be witnesses in the trial and who the witnesses might be will likely be delayed until Act 1 is over.

It was an unusually subdued Senate as the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial set in last week.

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.

All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment.

Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial you will do impartial justice according to the Constitution?

Ceremony over, political posturing is well underway.

House impeachment managers, the prosecutors,

will open their case early this week.

It's a now familiar one charging the president with

abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. There is an overwhelming case.

Beyond any reasonable doubt, the president betrayed the country.

The defense team, led by White House counsel, Pat Cipolloni, and Trump attorney Jay Seculo,

has some new recruits including high profile

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