"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) have called the shots in the lower chamber, with Republicans relegated to guerilla cross-examinations and press gaggles."
"On the other side of the Capitol building, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will control the trial, and it will be Democrats scrambling to be heard."
"Senate rules require a trial, unlike the extremely contentious House hearings."
"First, it will be extraordinarily difficult for House Democratic impeachment managers to present their case because hearsay evidence will not be admissible in the trial."
"Second, senators must attend but they will not be able to ask questions."
"Third, Democrats will get little rest between the House vote and the trial because Senate rules require the proceeding to begin no later than 1 p.m. the day after the impeachment article(s) are received in the upper chamber and to continue six days a week until a final verdict is reached."
"Finally, the trial will occur during the closing days of the Iowa Presidential Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary."
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