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NEW: With acquittal a certainty, Schiff tailored his closing pitch to win over just one Republican senator — and give the House a symbolic yet significant bipartisan vote to convict Trump.

w/ @kyledcheney

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@kyledcheney Case in point:

“If you find that the House has proved its case & still vote to acquit your name will be tied to his with a cord of steel and for all of history,” Schiff said.

Lamar leaned in & struck a more inquisitive look, raising his hand to his chin.
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@kyledcheney Even Jay Sekulow approached Schiff and shook his hand at the end of closing arguments. But it appears unlikely that any of Schiff’s lofty closing remarks will resonate among the four GOP senators — Romney, Collins, Alexander, Murkowski.

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Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT says he asked Zelensky on Friday if he was feeling pressure from Rudy, whose Ukraine efforts are ongoing.

Murphy says Zelensky told him “he has always stayed clear of Giuliani and intends to keep it that way.”

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@ChrisMurphyCT From Murphy’s Medium post:

“As an actor, I always dreamed of becoming famous in America,” he tells us, breaking away from Ukrainian and speaking to us in English. “And now I’m famous in America. But not the way I wanted!”

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Wow — Barr says Trump’s tweets on DOJ cases “make it impossible for me to do my job.”

“I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.”

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! “Do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or do you pull back because of the tweet? And that just sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be,” he said.

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Oof. Barr really doesn’t like the tweets.

“I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.”

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BREAKING: Senate Dems are sounding the alarm over a @SenTomCotton amendment to the Iran War Powers resolution that could kill the entire effort.

Amendment votes begin ~10:30 a.m.

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@SenTomCotton @marianne_levine @burgessev Cotton’s amendment creates an exemption for military forces deemed to be targeting designated foreign terrorist groups.

Unclear if any of the 5 Republicans who support the War Powers measure (Paul, Lee, Collins, Young, Moran) will back the amendment.

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@SenTomCotton @marianne_levine @burgessev Just in: Cotton amendment is defeated, 54-46, making way for final passage of the Iran War Powers resolution this afternoon.

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1/ Senate Trial: If the House votes to impeach Trump, the matter moves to the Senate for a trial. Here’s how that would work.
-The Constitution says that the Senate has the sole power to try impeachments, the Chief Justice presides, and a 2/3 vote is necessary to convict.
2/ The Constitution doesn’t say anything more about procedure or timing of a trial. In Nixon v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that how the Senate conducts an impeachment trial is entirely up to the Senate and won’t be reviewed by the courts.
3/ In Nixon the Senate had formed a committee to hear evidence in the impeachment trial of a judge. The judge argued the whole Senate had to sit for trial. The Supreme Court said the Constitution puts the Senate in charge of impeachment charges so courts can’t get involved.
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#Trump is going to speak in the Rose Garden any minute now. Is he going to lie a bunch about reopening the government? Is he just going to yell "no collusion! witch hunt!" over and over again? Both? Stay tuned!
Oh hell, #Trump is going to take questions too. This is going to be a sh*tshow.
#Trump is running about a half hour late. I wonder if he's spent this whole time on the phone with Ann Coulter, begging for permission to cave?
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