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Jane Raskin, one of the President's personal lawyersKen Starr, the head investigator for former president Bill Clinton's impeachmentAlan Dershowitz, a constitutional lawyer known for defending OJThe managers and Mr Trump's defence will be making those cases to, who act as the jury in the case. At the end of the trial, they'll be tasked with voting to acquit or convict Mr Trump.
The senators are also in charge of setting the agenda for the trial — including a crucial vote on whether to allow witnesses. At the impeachment trial of president Bill Clinton, senators voted 100-0 to approve the rules of the process. Don't count on today's 100 senators showing similar bipartisanship. Here's Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre Bruce Wolpe:
"[In 1999] they went into the old Senate chamber, without any staff, and they worked it out. I don't think you'll see anything like that," he said.. You'll see him at every day of the trial, but his role is mostly ceremonial.
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