HAPPENING NOW: Senate votes on final passage of the McConnell resolution.
Both sides debate amendments to impeachment trial rules
The Senate will now take up the question of whether to subpoena former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who Democrats believe could further tie President Trump to the Ukraine affair. The amendment would require"that if, during the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, any party seeks to admit evidence that has not been submitted as part of the record of the House of Representatives and that was subject to a duly authorized subpoena, that party shall also provide the opposing party all other documents responsive to that subpoena.
"Mr. Mulvaney was at the center of every stage of the president's substantial pressure campaign against Ukraine," Jeffries said."Based on the extensive evidence that House did obtain, it is clear that Mulvaney was crucial in planning the scheme, executing its implementation and carrying out the coverup."Add White House counsel Pat Cipollone to the name of those hoping for Tuesday night's proceedings to end.
"Such motions could be filed as late as 9 a.m. tomorrow morning," he told ABC News as he stepped out of the chamber.Ueland also said the president is being kept"constantly updated" while in Davos"and is very impressed" with his team’s performance. With it still unclear how many more amendments Democrats might offer -- and how many more hours of debate that might mean -- the Senate then breaks for dinner.
Other senators relied on gum and mints to stay alert. GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina was seen popping a mint into his mouth at about 6:10 p.m. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon was seen chewing on his pen. 6:39 p.m. House manager Jason Crow argues OMB documents would show President Trump used national defense funds for his political benefit
"These documents would provide insight into critical aspects of the military-aid hold. They would show the decision-making process and motivations behind President Trump's freeze. They would reveal the concerns expressed by career OMB officials including lawyers that the hold was violating the law. They would expose the lengths to which OMB went to justify the president's hold," he says.
"You're going to have 16 hours to ask questions. Sixteen hours -- that's a long time to ask questions. Wouldn't you like to be able to ask about the documents during that 16 hours?" "Wouldn't you like to know? Don't you think the American people have a right to know what the third Amigo knew about this scheme?" Schiff asks.
Also coming on and off the floor - Senate pages who have been vigorously delivering water glasses to both the House legal team and the members over the last few minutes.6:05 p.m. Chief Justice John Roberts has to be back at his first job tomorrow morning Demings, 62, made an impression in questioning witnesses when the testified before both the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees.
Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters during a brief recess on the first full day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 21, 2020.4:40 p.m. Senate rejects Schumer amendment calling for a subpoena for White House witnesses and documents The Senate Chamber as members vote on the amendment offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, Jan. 21, 2020, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.There will be another two hours of debate on that amendment. McConnell says he will move to table that amendment as well.4:14 p.m.
Former Sen. Jeff Flake is in the chamber. He is seated in the upper level that is reserved for staff and guests. He looked over to the press area where reporters are seated and smiled.Flake notably has said that if the Senate held a secret ballot to remove Trump from office, more than 30 Republicans would vote to oust him.
House impeachment manager Rep. Zoe Lofgren speaks during opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate Chamber, at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington, D.C. She says documents like those notes would provide a first-hand look at how Trump's behavior was perceived by those around him at the time.After the break, Schiff pushes back on accusations from the president's lawyers that the House impeachment proceedings were unfair and that Republicans and representatives of the president weren't allowed to participate.
As Schiff spoke about the charges against the president, Trump’s key allies - GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Jim Risch, James Inhofe, and several others, stared stoically ahead. Meanwhile, senators are still getting messages from the outside world. Aides are discreetly walking on to the floor to hand deliver paper messages to senators. Senate pages are walking around filling up water glasses.President Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow begins his argument by slamming the process in the House impeachment inquiry.
"I'll give you a trifecta. During the proceedings that took place before the Judiciary Committee, the president was denied the right to cross-examine witnesses. The president was denied the right to access evidence. And the president was denied the right to have counsel present at hearings. This is a trifecta that violates the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Schiff did say the courts really don't have a role in this.
"What are we dealing with here? Why are we here? Are we here because of a phone call? Or are we before a great body because, since the president was sworn into office, there was a desire to see him removed." Her position has been that the trial should follow the Clinton model as much as possible, the aides say. She thinks these changes are a significant improvement, they say.
A few minutes after he left a dinner with Global Chief Executive Officers, the last scheduled event of the day in Davos, Trump tweeted,"READ THE TRANSCRIPTS!" -- one of his favorite defenses, as he has often said before, referring to his calls with Ukraine's president -- calls which he calls"perfect.
"It makes him a monarch, the very evil which against our Constitution and the balance of powers the Constitution was laid out to guard against," he says. Earlier on the Senate floor, McConnell said votes on subpoenas and witnesses should not happen until later in the trial, as outlined in the procedural resolution his office announced Monday. Most Americans, Schiff said, don’t believe there will be a fair trial and that Trump will be acquitted.
He also pushed back on the criticism that the House had not exhausted its legal efforts in court to obtain access to witnesses and evidence. White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2020.1:20 p.m. Senate considers rules resolution that now calls for 24 hours of arguments over 3 days
Majority Leader McConnell begins his opening remarks -- before the formal start of the trial at 1 p.m. -- by saying,"finally, some fairness." Schumer says the McConnell rules are"nothing like the Clinton rules," saying that includes allowing a motion to dismiss the case to be made at any time. Heading in their weekly closed-door GOP lunch, key senators Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska say they’re on board with the McConnell's rules resolution, both indicating that it looks the same to them as the Clinton trial rules resolution.
Earlier, in a statement, Romney says,"If attempts are made to vote on witnesses prior to opening arguments, I would oppose those efforts."11:31 a.m. Schumer says McConnell's proposed rules will force debate into the 'dead of night' Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a press conference on President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington.“Right off the bat, Republican senators will face a choice about getting the facts or joining leader McConnell and President Trump in trying to cover them up,” Schumer tells reporters.
"We could see why this resolution was kept from us and the American people,” he says, calling it “nothing like” the Clinton resolution in terms of both witnesses and documents. Rep. Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, who along with Schiff, will take the lead for the Democrats. Nadler said"there is no other conceivable reason the deny witnesses."
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