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Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath

The Impeachment: Day 2

Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath

Lawfare

Trump, News & Politics, January 6, Politics, Lawfare, Insurrection

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Today is Day 2 of the Impeachment -- the House Managers bring their opening cases to the Senate. They walk through the chronology of Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, as well as the other central figures involved. They also stress the need for documents in this trial, urging Senators to subpoena where they see fit. With today marking the first day of opening arguments, the trial is just getting under way.

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0:00.0

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0:09.2

This is the story of teens Abbey Williams and Libby German.

0:13.2

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0:19.3

Nearly 24 hours later, their bodies are found, and the police began working a crime scene

0:24.6

they say they'd never unsee.

0:27.6

So found, Libby's phone, which has video and audio of the killer, who, three years

0:35.0

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0:37.5

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0:57.6

President Donald J. Trump.

1:00.4

Today, the House managers are set to lay out their case to senators for removing the president

1:05.8

from office.

1:06.8

I'm Margaret Taylor, a senior editor at Law Fair.

1:10.4

But before we get to the House manager's arguments, we need to summarize everything that

1:14.2

happened last night that we did not cover in yesterday's episode.

1:18.4

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 22nd, the Senate approved the rules resolution

1:23.8

governing the impeachment trial of President Trump.

1:27.0

The had been offered by Senator Mitch McConnell more than 12 hours earlier.

1:30.9

It was approved on a 53-47 party line vote after Republicans had defeated all 11 amendments

1:39.1

offered by Senate Democrats.

1:41.2

In yesterday's podcast, you heard debate on the first four of those amendments.

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