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9 Feb, 10 tweets, 4 min read

Impeachment proceedings begin at noon today with a four-hour debate on whether it’s constitutionally permissible to impeach an ex-president. Then lawmakers will take a vote on the question. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

We'll be watching the constitutionality vote carefully. It will give us a good indication right away about whether any Republicans beyond the usual suspects like Mitt Romney and Susan Collins are open to conviction politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Don't forget: Just last week, 45 Senate Republicans voted that it’s unconstitutional to try Trump now that he’s exited the W.H. Since then, several conservative lawyers have pushed back. We’ll learn today if any Republicans have been persuaded. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

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As for the actual impeachment programming, expect Trump’s lawyers to “roll the tape” — video that one @playbookplus source likened to “the first three segments of a Hannity monologue”
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The video montage will include:

• Dems objecting to the results of elections
• Dems like Rep. Maxine Waters and Sen. Cory Booker encouraging aggressive political tactics against Trump supporters.
• Dems pushing to impeach Trump before he took office politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Democrats plan to knit social media snippets and videos taken by the rioters themselves together with Trump’s actual call on Jan. 6 for his supporters to “fight like hell” and march on the Capitol to demonstrate the effect of Trump’s words politico.com/news/2021/02/0…

After each team presents opening arguments, senators will have four hours to grill them and resolve any remaining questions about their cases politico.com/news/2021/02/0…

As for witnesses: The proposed trial rules explicitly defer a decision on witnesses until after the Senate’s Q&A period, so we don't know if there will be any yet politico.com/news/2021/02/0…

Trump’s aides said he plans to spend the week in front of the TV watching his trial, rather than hitting the links politico.com/newsletters/pl…

@rachaelmbade

It’s virtually impossible for Dems to get the votes they need to convict Trump. So what’s the point of the trial?

On Dispatch, @rachaelmbade says it’s more about persuading the American public that Trump should never be able to hold office again. Listen 👇podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

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10 Feb

Thread: We’re answering your questions about the impeachment. 👋

Here’s one we got from a reader in Georgia: What’s the point of impeaching Trump if he’s no longer in office? politi.co/2OshkAH

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Should Trump be convicted during this trial, a majority of the Senate could choose to bar him from holding future federal office, writes @natashakorecki. Plus, it would send a message to future presidents. politi.co/2OshkAH

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Q: Why bother with the impeachment trial if it seems likely to fail? Why not instead censure Trump?

A: Democrats have dismissed censure as “a mere slap on the wrist,” says @natashakorecki.
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ICYMI: We've edited down everything you need to see from Day 1 of Trump's second impeachment trial to 180 seconds.

Here are our takeaways 👇 politi.co/3rCZ0Dc

1️⃣ From Raskin's emotional appeal to senators to Neguse's systematic shredding of the Trump argument that a post-presidency trial is unconstitutional, House impeachment managers nailed it. They prepared for weeks for this moment — and it showed. politi.co/3rCZ0Dc

2️⃣ Trump’s attorneys blew it. The meandering presentation by Bruce Castor barely made sense: One minute he was complimenting senators, the next talking about getting lost in the halls of Congress. politi.co/3rCZ0Dc

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The trial is here. After weeks of tension in the House following the Jan. 6 insurrection that pushed lawmakers to impeach Donald Trump for the second time, the focus is shifting to the Senate as the impeachment trial kicks off tomorrow. politi.co/3cSuKAg

Big questions about this week's impeachment trial still remain, including how long it will last and whether witnesses will be called. What we do know is that it's highly doubtful enough Republicans will join Democrats to convict Trump. politi.co/3cSuKAg

But the arguments used by both Trump's lawyers and House impeachment managers will hold critical clues for the future of the post-Trump GOP and the Democratic midterm message politi.co/3cSuKAg

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More Republicans voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments than to impeach Donald Trump — a punishment that will reverberate for a long time to come politi.co/3jm1bIf

Democrats’ decision to boot Greene from panels for incendiary remarks she made before coming to Congress marks a new era of partisan warfare in the House, with the majority party controlling the conduct of minority members
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But the support of 11 House Republicans for the move marked only the latest rift within the GOP as it tries to reclaim power, and Greene herself could make fresh problems for her party at her press conference this morning politi.co/3jm1bIf

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