What You Need to Know about Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial

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4.7 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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This week, Thomas Jipping, deputy director of Heritage’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies explains what happens next in the Senate now that the House has voted to impeach President Trump, how long it could take, and what to expect from lawmakers.

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0:00.0	From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.
0:17.8	For just the third time in our nation's history, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach a United States president.
0:27.1	All in favor, say aye.
0:29.0	Aye.
0:30.5	Opposed no.
0:31.6	No.
0:33.2	December 18th, 2019, a date that will live in history.
0:39.3	This is an ABC News special report.
0:42.2	The House impeachment vote.
0:44.6	Now reporting, George Stephanopoulos.
0:47.6	Good evening. We want to go straight to the floor of the House where you see right there.
0:51.1	The first article of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of
0:54.5	United States, has passed, does have the votes to pass in the House for violating his oath of
0:59.2	office, abusing the powers of the presidency. You can hear from the Republican members on the floor
1:04.2	chance of four more years. Not a single Republican member voted for impeachment, voted for
1:10.4	either of the articles.
1:11.6	It is very clear that the President has been able to solidify the Republican Party behind him.
1:16.6	The case is so darn weak coming over from the House.
1:19.6	We all know how it's going to end.
1:21.6	There's no chance the President is going to be removed from office.
1:29.6	Today we'll sit down again with Heritage's Thomas Jipping,
1:33.4	who was the deputy chief counsel in the Senate
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