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Good Friday morning. I'm Adrienne Hurst and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing,

capping off what is incredibly only the third week of 2021. A lot has happened in Joe Biden's

first week in office. He followed through on most of his first day promises, including

mask mandates, rejoining the

Paris Climate Accords, and strengthening legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people

brought to the U.S. as children. We're going to take a look at the promises he didn't keep and why,

but first, here's what else is driving the day. This might slow down President Biden's agenda in the

Senate. America's first twice-impeached ex-president

might not get his second impeachment trial for several more weeks. At least not if Mitch McConnell

gets his way. The Senate minority leader says Donald Trump's new legal team needs time to prep its

defense against the charge that he incited insurrection. Of course, the first time

Trump was tried in the Senate around this time last year, McConnell made sure he was quickly acquitted.

He sensed broken with Trump and even whispered privately about convicting him. Caloress skeptical, Mitch.

But then, in a private call with his members yesterday, CBS News reports. McConnell argued for a delay.

House Democrats, he insisted, gave Trump zero due process, so it's only fair to give him some time.

Translation, if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees, we could be looking at a mid-February trial.

Not great news for Democrats who want to get to work on Biden's legislative to-do list.

On the flip side, the delay could give Schumer more time to confirm Biden's cabinet nominees.

Meanwhile, there's broad support building in the Senate around a long-shot bid to dismiss Trump's

impeachment trial before it even starts, relying on a disputed legal argument that says putting

an ex-president on trial is

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