With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move forward with impeachment, and the White House decision not to participate in the House process, the impeachment of President Donald Trump is virtually sealed. The only remaining issues moving forward will be how many different articles of impeachment the President will be facing in the Senate — and what the rules surrounding his trial will be. …
Given the Republican majority in the Senate, many assume it will run exactly the way the White House wants it to go. But that is a false assumption. Although it takes two thirds of the Senate to remove the President from office, it only takes a simple majority to set the rules for the trial.
And to predict how the Senate will move forward, you have to understand who has leverage and how they will use it. CONT.
Joe Lockhart, CNN