For the third time ever, the Senate will hold a trial to determine whether to remove a president from office. 9News
We won't know exactly what the schedule will be for the trial until senators pass the organising resolution, which could happen tomorrow.
After that there would be up to 16 hours for senators to ask questions, which would be submitted in writing. They also noted that it's entirely possible one or both sides would choose to yield back some of their time during the presentations. Fifty-one senators have to vote for witnesses, so if all 47 Democrats are unified, only four Republicans would need to support it to pass.The Senate may go into closed session at certain times because impeachment trial rules prevent senators from speaking.During the Clinton trial, some of this was done in the Old Senate Chamber down the hall from the Senate chamber but this time they plan to stay on the Senate floor.
If any senator or Trump's legal team objects, Chief Justice John Roberts could either rule on it or send it back to have senators vote to decide.
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