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IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> SO THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN

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THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S BEING REMOVED.

BEING REMOVED. IT ONLY MEANS THAT THE CASE

IT ONLY MEANS THAT THE CASE MOVES FROM THE HOUSE TO THE

MOVES FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE FOR A TRIAL.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, TECHNICALLY THE HOUSE HAS

WELL, TECHNICALLY THE HOUSE HAS TO TRANSMIT THE ARTICLES OF

TO TRANSMIT THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OVER TO THE SENATE.

IMPEACHMENT OVER TO THE SENATE. AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PELOSI

AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PELOSI HAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE

HAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DELAY SO THAT MEMBERS OF

SOME DELAY SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, THE DEMOCRATIC

THE HOUSE, THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS, CAN GET SOME ASSURANCES

MEMBERS, CAN GET SOME ASSURANCES THAT THE SENATE WILL ACTUALLY

THAT THE SENATE WILL ACTUALLY CONDUCT A TRIAL AND NOT THROW

CONDUCT A TRIAL AND NOT THROW THE CASE OUT RIGHT AWAY.

THE CASE OUT RIGHT AWAY. REMEMBER, DEMOCRATS HAVE THE

REMEMBER, DEMOCRATS HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE BUT IN THE

MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE BUT IN THE SENATE, IT'S THE REPUBLICANS WHO

SENATE, IT'S THE REPUBLICANS WHO CONTROL.

BUT ASSUMING THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT MAKE IT OVER TO THE

IMPEACHMENT MAKE IT OVER TO THE SENATE, THE FIRST THING THAT

SENATE, THE FIRST THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT THE MINORITY

WILL HAPPEN IS THAT THE MINORITY AND MAJORITY LEADERS WILL MEET

AND MAJORITY LEADERS WILL MEET AND TRY TO HASH OUT THE RULES.

AND TRY TO HASH OUT THE RULES. BECAUSE THE SENATE HAS THE SOLE

BECAUSE THE SENATE HAS THE SOLE POWER TO IMPEACH, THEY ALSO HAVE

POWER TO IMPEACH, THEY ALSO HAVE THE SOLE POWER TO DETERMINE

THE SOLE POWER TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN RULES FOR THE TRIAL.

THEIR OWN RULES FOR THE TRIAL. THERE'S A LOT OF PROCEDURE THE

THERE'S A LOT OF PROCEDURE THE SENATE NEEDS TO HASH OUT.

SENATE NEEDS TO HASH OUT. HOW LONG WILL THE TRIAL BE?

HOW LONG WILL THE TRIAL BE? DOES ANY SIDE GET TO CALL

WITNESSES? WHO EXACTLY WOULD BE CALLED IF

WHO EXACTLY WOULD BE CALLED IF CALLED AS A WITNESS?

CALLED AS A WITNESS? AND JUST BECAUSE THE SENATE DID

AND JUST BECAUSE THE SENATE DID IT A CERTAIN WAY IN ARIOR

IT A CERTAIN WAY IN ARIOR IMPEACHMENT, LIKE WITH BILL

IMPEACHMENT, LIKE WITH BILL CLINTON OR ANDREW JOHNSON, DOES

CLINTON OR ANDREW JOHNSON, DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE TO DO IT THE

NOT MEAN THEY HAVE TO DO IT THE SAME WAY AGAIN.

SAME WAY AGAIN. IN PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENTS

IN PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENTS ONLY, THE CHIEF JUSTICE

PRESIDES. BUT EVEN THAT IS A STRANGE WORD

BUT EVEN THAT IS A STRANGE WORD BECAUSE WITH JUST A MAJORITY,

BECAUSE WITH JUST A MAJORITY, THE SENATE COULD TECHNICALLY

THE SENATE COULD TECHNICALLY OVERRULE EVEN HIS DECISION.

OVERRULE EVEN HIS DECISION. THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE IS A BIG

HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE IS A BIG "WE DON'T KNOW."

"WE DON'T KNOW." WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ARTICLES

WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ARTICLES WILL BE TRANSMITTED FROM THE

WILL BE TRANSMITTED FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE OR WHEN THE

HOUSE TO THE SENATE OR WHEN THE SENATE WILL DECIDE ON ITS OWN

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