Senate Leaders Lay Out Rules For Impeachment Trial Proceedings

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🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On the eve of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, senate leaders have set out rules for the proceedings. Schumer says that each side will get 16 hours, over two days, to present their arguments in Trump's trial. According to Schumer, the GOP is searching for a way to "oppose the conviction of Donald Trump without passing judgment on his conduct." Schumer also says that House managers have requested that the senate can hold votes on witnesses if needed. Rep. Cheney defends her impeachment vote after the censure by Wyoming GOP and says that her "duty is to the constitution." White House officials say that Intel officials will decide if Trump can get Intel briefings if he requests them. White House officials says to not expect Trump's trial to be the "primary focus" for President Joe Biden, as this is a critical week for Biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief package. Democratic lawmakers are now drawing up the bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders says that a $15 minimum wage should be in the relief package, after Biden has said that it's unlikely to survive in the package. Wolf Blitzer has a one-on-one interview with the United States Secretary of State Blinken. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wilf Blitzer in the
0:11.2	situation room. We're following what is expected to be a very historic week here in the United States.
0:18.0	The situation that is unfolding involves some critical decisions for the members of the US Senate.
0:25.3	Less than 24 hours before the start of what's expected to be an unprecedented proceeding.
0:31.0	Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has just announced that he will present arguments, arguments that
0:36.4	will restrict what is going to happen in this historic trial, the second impeachment trial
0:42.0	against the former President of the United States.
0:44.8	Trump of course is the only US president to have been impeached twice, the only one to be
0:49.5	prosecuted after leaving office.
0:52.3	But the White House says the trial won't be
0:54.3	President Biden's primary focus instead he'll be watching key developments as
0:59.3	lawmakers work on his 1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief package which the White House expects to quote
1:05.9	track closely with what the President has proposed.
1:09.3	Also this hour, the new Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin will join us here in the situation room for his first CNN interview.
1:18.0	We'll get much more on all of that coming up, but this is clearly a critical and historic week here in Washington for the
1:24.8	president and certainly for his massive pandemic relief plan. Our senior
1:29.4	White House correspondent Phil Mattingly is joining us right now. Phil the
1:32.4	White House believes the bill being crafted right now by Congressional Democrats
1:37.0	will align very closely with what the President has outlined.
1:41.0	That's right, Wolf, that 1.9 trillion dollar plan and while the rest of
1:44.3	Washington shifts its focus starting tomorrow to impeachment the White House
1:47.8	making clear from the president on down their focus is getting that plan signed
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