Articles of impeachment against President Trump unveiled: Live updates - CNN

As White House officials work to prevent lawmakers from dragging out the next phase of impeachment — the looming Senate trial — some aides are making it known that they want a Senate trial to start immediately after the House passes articles of impeachment. That could even means beginning over the holidays, people familiar with the discussions said.

Keep in mind: Senate Republicans are exceedingly unlikely to accept, a senior GOP aide said. Lawmakers in both parties have signaled they would prefer for the trial to begin in January, which has been entirely set aside on their legislative calendars for that purpose.

But the effort by some in the White House to persuade allies to support a possible Christmas trial is yet another signal that President Trump’s team is feeling out the extent to which they can influence the procedures senators will rely upon to hear Trump’s case.

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