WATCH: Timelapse shows all Senators in attendance signing the Senate oath book, after being sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts for the impeachment trial of Pres. Trump.
impeachment against President Donald Trump shortly after noon onHouse managers, who will act as prosecutors, arrived on the Senate floor after walking silently across the Capitol to present the articles,Rep. Adam Schiff , Rep. Jerrold Nadler , Rep. Zoe Lofgren , Rep. Hakeem Jeffries , Rep. Val Demings , Rep. Jason Crow and Rep. Sylvia Garcia walk through the Rotunda of the Capitol on their way to the Senate, Jan. 16, 2020.
"Resolved that Donald J Trump is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors,” Schiff, D-Calif., declared, adding, “Donald J. Trump has abused the presidency.”Schiff, citing the articles, said President Trump acted with “corrupt motives” by conditioning $391 million in military aid to Ukraine “for the purpose of providing vital military aid” for “corrupt personal benefit.”
Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks as the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump begins in the Senate at the Capitol.With the articles"exhibited" -- or read into the record -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Chief Justice John Roberts had come from the Supreme Court to be sworn in to preside over trial.
In this image from video, President Pro Tempore of the Senate Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., greets Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as the presiding officer for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate, Jan. 16, 2020. In this image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Jan. 16, 2020.“I solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: So help me God,” Roberts said, reading from notes.Sen. Susan Collins signs in for impeachment trial, Jan.
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