Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Trump impeachment trial's six most interesting first-day moments

Day one of the Trump impeachment trial drew to a close in the Senate after four hours of emotional testimony and bitter debate -- and the proceedings will pick up again Wednesday afternoon.  

As observers debate the performance of both sides the day after the trial kicked off, here's a recap of six key moments from Tuesday's session: 

Senate votes trial is constitutional

The Senate voted to move ahead with the historic impeachment trial, despite some Republican concerns that impeaching a president already out of office would be unconstitutional. 

The vote was 56-44.

The six Republicans who joined with the Democrats on voting to continue the trial were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

Read entire article and see videos here:  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trials-6-most-interesting-first-day-moments

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