Biden made the remark during a brief one-on-one interview with CNN in the West Wing halls. He acknowledged the impact it could have on his legislative agenda and the cabinet nominees, but said there would be a worse impact if it did not happen.
Biden told CNN he believes the outcome would be different if Trump remained in office for six months, but said he did not think 17 Republican senators would vote to convict Trump.
“The Senate has changed since I was there, but it hasn’t changed that much,” Biden said.
House House indictments formally began the start of Trump’s second indictment Monday night after they walked across the Capitol and began on the Senate floor to face the charge against Trump, the first president in history, who has been charged twice. to read.
The contours of Trump’s Senate trial are beginning to take shape as the ceremonial elements unfold, with the Senate’s longest-serving Democrat expected to chair the trial, and Democrats will still consider pursuing witnesses during proceedings that can cover part of February.
Chief Justice John Roberts, according to two sources familiar with the matter, will not preside exactly as for Trump’s first indictment. Instead, Senator Patrick Leahy, the president of the Senate, is expected to preside, the sources said. According to the Constitution, the chief justice is the chairman when the person in charge is the current president of the United States, but in other cases the senators are the chairman, one source said.
As the fourth trial of a president in American history by the Senate is underway, there are two more looming questions about the Democrats’ indictment: whether they will seek witnesses and how long the trial will last. The answers to both are not yet known, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
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