As President Trump's impeachment trial gets underway, both sides look to how the Senate handled the proceeding during President Clinton's trial.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he modeled the GOP rules for Trump on the ones used for Clinton.— abruptly backed down from some controversial proposals and agreed to adopt a timetable closer to the one used for Clinton.Senate staffers carry boxes to the Capitol.
That’s basically what happened in the Clinton trial, when senators voted in favor of hearing from witnesses, but only via videotaped depositions, not in-person testimony before the Senate.This was another last-minute change. McConnell on Monday released proposed rules that would not automatically include the House record. They would be included only after a motion and vote at the end of the trial.
After some Republicans balked, he agreed to accept the evidence at the start, as occurred with Clinton.
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