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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Opening Arguments Scheduled To Begin In President Trump Impeachment Trial

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Opening Arguments Scheduled To Begin In President Trump Impeachment Trial
Opening Arguments Scheduled To Begin In President Trump Impeachment Trial
Jan Carabeo reports.

FOR BOTH NINE A AND SCHUYLKILLEASTBOUND SPEED WHERE THEYSHOULD BE, JIM, BACK TO YOU.DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANSWRAPPED UP AN MARATHON DAY OFDEBATING OVERNIGHT.THEY WENT BACK AND FOR THEOVER THE RULES FOR THEIMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENTTRUMP."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER JANCARABAO IS LIVE IN THE NEWSCENTER WITH MORE ON WHAT WECAN EXPECT TODAY, JAN.REPORTER: JIM AND JANELLEOPENING ARGUMENTS ARESCHEDULED TO START THISAFTERNOON.FIRST FULL DAY OF PRESIDENTTRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WASA LICENSING ONE LASTING NEARLY13 HOURS AND FINALLYADJOURNING AT 15:00 THISMORNING.IT FEATURED A BITTER DEBATE ONTHE TRIAL RULES WHILE SENATORSVOTING, ALMOST ENTIRELY ALONGPARTY LINES, TO REJECTDEMOCRATIC EFFORTS TO SUBPOENANEW WITNESSES.SHORTLY AFTER THE SENATEADOPTED ITS RULES FORIMPEACHMENT TRIAL PRESIDENTTRUMP WEIGHED IN FROM THEWORLD ECONOMIC FORUM INSWITZERLAND.WE HAVE A GREAT CASE.REPORTER: ON DAY ONE OF HISIMPEACHMENT TRIAL DEMOCRATICHOUSE MANAGERS SERVING AS THEPROSECUTION SQUARED OFFAGAINST THE WHITE HOUSE LEGALTEAM.THEY DENT WANT AMERICANPEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ONHERE.HYPOCRISY'S ASTOUNDING.REPORTER: DEBATE STRETCHEDFROM MIDDAY TUESDAY IN THE WEMORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY,AND WHEN THE CLOCK WENT PASTMIDNIGHT EXCHANGES BECAMETENSE.AND THEY LIE.AND LIE AND LIE AND LIE.ONLY ONE WHO SHOULD BEEMBARRASSED MR. NADLER IS YOU.REPORTER: CHIEF JUSTICEJOHN ROBERTS WAS FORCE TODDSTEP IN AND ADMONISH BOTHSIDE.REMEMBER THAT THEY AREADDRESSING THE WORLD'SGREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY.REPORTER: IN THE END,SENATE REPUBLICANS STRUCK DOWNNEARLY A DOZEN ATTEMPTS BYDEMOCRATS TO SUBPOENA NEWWITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS.YES ARE 53, NO ARE 47.REPORTER: MANY OF WHICHWERE ALREADY BLOCKED BY WHITEHOUSE DURING HOUSEINVESTIGATION.WE HAVE SEEN HOUSE MANAGERSAND SENATE DEMOCRATS MAKINGREDUNDANT MOTIONS OVER ANDOVER AND OVER AGAIN.I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CANDYANY OUR WITNESSES REPORTREPORT THROUGHOUT THE MARATHONDAY SOME OF THE 100 SENATORSGREW RESTLESS NOT ALLOWEDTHEIR CELL PHONES OR EVENCOFFEE BY NIGHT FALL MANY WERESEEN PASSING NOTES, EATINGCANDY AND MOVING AROUND.IN THE OUR JOB TO MAKE ITEASY FOR YOU.OUR JOB TO MAKE IT HARD TODEPRIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OFTHE FAIR TRIAL.REPORTER: DEMOCRATS WILLHAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY TOCALL WITNESSES LATER IN THETRIAL AFTER OPENING ARGUMENTSAND QUESTIONS FROM SENATORS.NOW, ONLY ONE VOTE WASN'TSTRAIGHT DOWN PARTY LINESMAINE REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINSVOTED WITH DEMOCRATS ON ONEFAILED AMENDMENT, OPENINGARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TOSTART AT 1:00 P.M.

AND ON ABIT OF A ODD NOTE, FOOD'S NOTLUD IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.ONLY EXCEPTION IS CANDY TABLEAND ONLY DRINKS ALLOWED AREWATER AND MILK.IMAGING THROUGH THAT WITHOUTANY COFFEE.WOULD I CHECK THOSE WATERBOTTLES PROBABLY VOLUMEDCONTACTING THROUGH THAT ALLDAY LONG.IS WHAT THE DEAL WITH THECOFFEE.THEY ARE ALL SENATE RULES.CERTAINLY LICENSING DAYSAHEAD, JAN, THANKS VERY MUCH.STAY WITH "EYEWITNESS

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