Good morning, I'm Arjun saying from the Washington Post, and this is the Daily 202 for Wednesday, February 10th.

In today's news, the Biden administration asks for resignations from current U.S. attorneys,

and after a mission of Wuhan investigating the origins of the pandemic,

a World Health Organization team dismisses theories that the virus originated in a lab leak.

But first, the big idea.

Tuesday marked the first day a former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.

But if the party line vote on whether the trial is even constitutional as any indication,

the process could be over before it truly begins.

On Tuesday, a divided Senate voted largely along party lines to proceed with the impeachment trial,

rejecting the argument put forward by Trump's lawyers that it is unconstitutional

for a President to be impeached and convicted by the Senate while no longer holding office.

The Post, Megan Flynn, reports that in his opening argument,

Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland delivered an emotional pitch to the Senate,

and described how he had brought his children to the Capitol on January 6th to help them process the recent death of their brother and Raskin's son.

But rather than witness the transfer of power, Raskin said his children spent much of January 6th

looking from the violent mob that stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn the election.

A mob house impeachment manager say Trump is, quote, singularly responsible for inciting.

A company by cell phone footage of the Capitol attack, mixed with clips from Trump's speech just before the siege,

Raskin implored the Senate to hold Trump responsible for the events of that day.

Trump's legal team had a different pitch for the Senate.

In oral arguments, Republican senators later described as ramping, disorganized, and a, quote, missed opportunity.

Attorneys Bruce L. Castor and David Schoen sought to portray the entire second impeachment as a partisan charade,

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