Trump won’t be vindicated. The Senate won’t be, either.

An op-ed from @RepAdamSchiff, @RepJerryNadler, @RepZoeLofgren, @RepJeffries, @RepValDemings, @RepSylviaGarcia and @RepJasonCrow: https://t.co/RL6iBSmCyi

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) February 5, 2020

BREAKING: Remember America? We do.#ImpeachmentDay pic.twitter.com/tzGPwX7zBG

— Eleven Films (@ElevenFilms) February 5, 2020

Just about every argument defending President Trump amid impeachment was dismissed by the Founding Fathers hundreds of years ago. But as @JohnAvlon points out, “they did not imagine how hyper-partisan polarization could short-circuit our system.” #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/jjP1dmmt8w

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) February 5, 2020

The impeachment saga will not end when Republicans vote to acquit President Trump. The consequences to the 2020 election and US democracy remain to be seen. | Analysis by @StCollinson https://t.co/BNFJQUkgrN

— CNN (@CNN) January 31, 2020

Republican senators are siding with Trump over the Constitution. Big surprise. The task now is to defeat Trump, and Trumpism, in November. https://t.co/xCwfbFyFHb

— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) January 31, 2020

It is astonishing that the party of limited government is about to bless the doctrine of an unlimited presidency. "What will Trump try next now that he knows he can’t be indicted and can’t be impeached, regardless of the legality of his actions?" https://t.co/hPDzgZj4CQ

— Jonathan Rauch (@jon_rauch) January 31, 2020

This is one of the best speeches you’ll ever hear. This says it all about how dangerous Trump is, and how dangerous the Republican stance is.

I see a presidency in @RepAdamSchiff’s future.#WeWantDocuments #WeWantWitnesess

pic.twitter.com/EoFaffL1BY

— W Smith Ω 🧢 (@WesSmith123) January 30, 2020

Take @JohnAvlon's guided tour of Team Trump's defense: So What.
“Facts and evidence don’t matter…the American people’s opinion doesn’t matter and historic precedent doesn’t matter. All that matters is the President is in power and his party controls the Senate.”#RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/awZso1Pxl8

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 28, 2020

CBS News reports that GOP Senators have been warned by Trump team: "Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike." How is this acceptable? pic.twitter.com/19TKOn4kSq

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) January 24, 2020

President Trump would "love" to do a lot of things he's never done and probably never will, like letting aides testify in the impeachment trial. Could it be the things he says he loves are actually the things he would hate to do? @JohnAvlon explains. #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/OsOk6QNsvY

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 23, 2020

WATCH: Rep. Adam Schiff ends Day Two of the impeachment trial with an emotional plea to senators: "If right doesn't matter we're lost… and you know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country." pic.twitter.com/FHYKGKHHRS

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 24, 2020

"On something as important and serious as impeachment, Sen. McConnell's resolution is a national disgrace."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer responds to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed impeachment trial rules.https://t.co/MnYpULarpX pic.twitter.com/QtCYOIMDCe

— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2020

Under this resolution, Senator McConnell is saying he doesn’t want to hear any of the existing evidence, and he doesn’t want to hear any new evidence.

A trial with no evidence—no existing record, no witnesses, no documents—isn’t a trial at all.

It’s a cover up. pic.twitter.com/NTvChfcnrJ

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 21, 2020

“You’ve all prosecuted a lot of cases…Have you ever prosecuted a case without witness testimony or discovery of evidence?”

At that question, all seven officials froze, apparently unsure of who should answer.

AlterNet recaps my Q&A yesterday w/ GOP AGs. https://t.co/vNb6VsCqTk

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 23, 2020

New ⁦@Reuters⁩ poll. Wow. “About 72% agreed that the trial ‘should allow witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the impeachment charges to testify,’ including 84% of Democrats & 69% of Republicans”

Good luck President Trump w/ your attempted coverup. https://t.co/hxKJW7uM2S

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) January 23, 2020

Jeffrey Toobin Calls Out McConnell: He's Making Trump Senate Trial a 'Farce, Joke' to 'Engineer an Acquittal' ASAP https://t.co/v1skYD87uw

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 21, 2020

Why are we counting on four GOP senators? They all should do their jobs, @crampell writes https://t.co/gwi5zZ9gsr

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 28, 2020

BREAKING: @SenSusanCollins comes out in favor of more #WitnessesAndDocuments to ensure Trump’s #ImpeachmentTrial is fair. Oh wait, that was 1999 #SusanCollins. My bad.#SovietSusan #SelloutSusanpic.twitter.com/RnJ8sUuOln

— Bryan Dawson🇺🇸 (@BryanDawsonUSA) January 26, 2020

In mid-November, I published a list of 45 ways Trump had been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment.

It’s now 65 ways. Here’s the updated version, with quick fact checks of all 65: https://t.co/Hsxx7N6OBS

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 20, 2020

‘This body, this chamber, exists precisely so that we can look past daily dramas and understand how our actions will reverberate for generations. The House’s hour is over. The Senate’s time is at hand. It is time for this proud body to honor our founding purpose.’ pic.twitter.com/MYYkUmgV84

— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) January 16, 2020

The Senate trial will shape the president’s legacy and also that of his Republican Party @danbalz https://t.co/9vgsM3mnl3

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 16, 2020

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: This is the beginning of the end of the abuse of the Constitution. The Senate will provide a fair trial for @realDonaldTrump. #impeachment #ArticlesOfImpeachment #ImpeachmentTrial #senate #SenateImpeachmentTrial pic.twitter.com/Rp82D2igmN

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 16, 2020

The Senator took an oath hours ago and he still has the audacity to appear on Fox News to announce his bias pic.twitter.com/KetEpaceXw

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 17, 2020

Audio/transcript: I asked @SenRickScott this AM —twice!— if he was going to vote to acquit @realDonaldTrump. Scott’s answers: “Absolutely!” and “Yes!” https://t.co/Cm4JywThqK

— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) January 13, 2020

Trump’s legal team filed defense memos that offered weak legal arguments and pathetic factual ones https://t.co/qp2OjiVuS5

— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) January 23, 2020

As predicted by @TheRickWilson as soon as additional witnesses and new evidence is voted down, the admin admits it is obstructing https://t.co/NSaDT4ebKS

— kevin connor (@KevinTConnor) February 1, 2020

NEW: Bolton claims in book that Trump told him in front of other WH aides in May to call Zelensky and make sure he met with Rudy @nytmike and me https://t.co/f9SOgKs9VO

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 31, 2020

The quid pro quo is ongoing

“Pompeo did not give Mr Zelensky one thing he has sought since last May…Pompeo’s message that Mr Trump was not ready to receive Mr Zelensky at the White House was a blow to the Ukrainian president’s national security efforts” https://t.co/OvV3YULtiS

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 31, 2020

From the Editorial Board:

Republican senators who voted against witnesses have rendered the trial a farce.https://t.co/RPKvDsAorg pic.twitter.com/shzKMS6NQW

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 31, 2020

As I wrote before the impeachment trial began, Congress must continue to investigate Trump’s Ukraine scheme because the impeachment trial won’t get to the bottom of what happened and new facts will continue to emerge. https://t.co/TcAFEzCfuT

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 31, 2020

“Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist 65, explained that high crimes ‘are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.’” https://t.co/KmjcpAyrPU

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 31, 2020

My piece in ⁦@TIME⁩: “Should the President emerge from impeachment, secure in the belief he has unlimited Article II powers of the presidency, we are headed for an unfortunate lesson about the absence of executive-branch accountability.” https://t.co/O00F6s1oJo

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 30, 2020

“And corruption, for all the Trump lawyers’ attempt to muddy the waters with tortured interpretations of the Constitution, is what this impeachment is all about. Trump acted with corrupt intent, to damage a political opponent.” https://t.co/FlzYKg2PqQ

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 31, 2020

"Democrats are trying to win on TV, in the court of public opinion, while resigning themselves to losing in the final vote to remove Trump from office," @brianstelter writes about Democratic lawmakers' strategy in Pres. Trump's impeachment trial | Analysis https://t.co/2Y9sHpgVdV

— CNN (@CNN) January 30, 2020

What Schiff referenced, per @MarshallCohen: "A Justice Department lawyer said Thursday in federal court that the House can impeach a president over ignored subpoenas, a contrast to what lawyers for President Trump are arguing at his trial this week."https://t.co/QCWsLzIuuf

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 30, 2020

"At first, they're saying at the beginning of the trial there's no quid pro quo. Then they're saying the quid pro quo isn't impeachable," says House impeachment manager @RepJasonCrow on Trump's legal defense team. "They are throwing everything out."https://t.co/h0JW53MMR2 pic.twitter.com/QB8M0Rc9Iy

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 30, 2020

A new video recording appears to show President Trump with Lev Parnas at Mar-a-Lago, further calling into question the president's assertion that he doesn’t know Parnas and his associate Igor Fruman. https://t.co/974HPUxgJ9

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 31, 2020

Sen. Alexander said he would oppose calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a decision that means the trial is all but certain to come to a swift end without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents https://t.co/w6gH1QIYLH

— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) January 31, 2020

Sen. Rand Paul frustrated after Chief Justice John Roberts rejects his whistleblower question in Senate impeachment trial of President Trump https://t.co/Dq9W2K5qqs pic.twitter.com/YcJ1Bncu8r

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 30, 2020

McConnell expected to move quickly to acquit Trump if Friday’s vote for witnesses and docs is defeated – as GOP leaders believe they are closing in on the votes necessary to block any witnesses. Dems will force votes but acquittal would happen soon after https://t.co/e4EUMxr0vF

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 30, 2020

New: Chief Justice Roberts has indicated to senators that he will not read the alleged whistleblower's name or read any questions that otherwise out him. This explains why Rand Paul hasn't been able to ask his questionhttps://t.co/QRedNkLTXB

@BresPolitico @heatherscope

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 30, 2020

The Senate has a chance to take back power Congress gave up long ago, @Susan_Hennessey and @benjaminwittes write in @PostEverything https://t.co/gC4p7RtwuY

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 29, 2020

BREAKING: Cory Gardner says he a NO on impeachment witnesses.

“I do not believe we need to hear from an 18th witness” @SenCoryGardner says https://t.co/r1oTc96W2y via @colo_politics

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 29, 2020

Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment." https://t.co/jKErQcS1Iy pic.twitter.com/zo4rL6Zbla

— ABC News (@ABC) January 29, 2020

Poll: 75% of voters think witnesses should be able to testify in the Senate impeachment trial https://t.co/O3OKzHALky pic.twitter.com/xubmGqVjyY

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 29, 2020

WH letter to Bolton warning him against publication of his book as it is right now pic.twitter.com/dsICaKQuJe

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 29, 2020

Vera Eidelman, of ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project:

"The central victim here isn’t John Bolton — it is the public. The government’s pre-publication review system hands the government far too much power to censor speech that the public has a right to hear,…

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 29, 2020

BREAKING: Rep. ENGEL reveals that BOLTON called him in September and told him to look into the Marie Yovanovitch ouster.

The committees had already started an investigation into Ukraine matters, but Bolton appears to have supported their effort. >>> pic.twitter.com/a54uwGKkaL

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 29, 2020

This is intriguing because Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry the day after this call https://t.co/sNveQ8QPpT

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 29, 2020

Zeldin to members of the media: "You're doing a great job as Schiff's shills."

@HeidiNBC: "Don't insult us because we're asking you tough questions. We're not insulting you, don't insult us." pic.twitter.com/Jd83btepyX

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 29, 2020

Carl Bernstein knocks Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s comments defending Pres. Trump, calling them an “invention” and the “catechism of the new legal oracle Dershowitz…that nobody has ever embraced of stature”

“That was one of the most astonishing pieces of television,” he said pic.twitter.com/A2L1ArQaQy

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 29, 2020

A Monstrous Fraud Was Perpetrated on the Senate, and John Roberts Had to Know It https://t.co/MVMrXHtEWI

— Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) January 29, 2020

Why Trump's tweet could waive his executive privilegehttps://t.co/3wPHw8g7Y8

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 28, 2020

Whaddaya call giving the defendant a right to keep the prosecution’s chief eyewitness off the stand unless the defendant gets to use the trial to keep perpetrating the plot that he’s on trial for? @JRubinBlogger

How bout INSANE? https://t.co/1peVR696i3

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) January 28, 2020

New from @isaacstanbecker: "How John Bolton became a target of the pro-Trump Internet" https://t.co/XZk51M92Ff

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 29, 2020

Red state Democrats won't rule out clearing Trump – CNNPolitics https://t.co/LXJnm4Rq5I

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 29, 2020

Trump waived executive privilege when he called Bolton a liar. My thoughts in @WashingtonPost https://t.co/Vp0QyK8EyE

— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) January 27, 2020

.@harrylitman effectively dismantles the argument that subpoenaing Bolton would lead to judicial detours that unduly protract and delay the proceedings. No such problem need arise. https://t.co/pb7DjmwwcQ

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) January 28, 2020

Far from showing anger over the president’s betrayal of his office, most GOP senators are eager to be accomplices in his coverup. On Monday, as Trump’s lawyers simply ignored the news about Bolton, many still argued there is no need for him to testify. https://t.co/lmYCZhJFdZ

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) January 27, 2020

~~~vIsUaLiZeD~~~ https://t.co/zyaJH37FEu

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 28, 2020

TONIGHT: White House impeachment defense surrogate Mark Meadows (R-NC), alongside three GOP members of Congress, tells @NorahODonnell that he believes Republican senators will face political repercussions if they break with Pres. Trump; watch more at 6:30 p.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/uke5VOCEgg

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 27, 2020

Trump's lawyers act as if the Bolton bombshell never happened. And Starr & Dershowitz act as if the Clinton impeachment never happened. https://t.co/HUwrvU1iDb

— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) January 28, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Bolton's book draft says Trump told him in August that he wanted to continue freezing aid to Ukraine until they helped with investigations into rivals. w/@maggieNYT https://t.co/KyNFzwQaOO

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) January 26, 2020

Trump’s legal team has told the Senate that there’s no evidence Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations. Turns out, Bolton heard him do so, and the White House knows about. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ ⁦@nytmike⁩ https://t.co/L2CRC38hMi

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) January 26, 2020

JUST IN: Schiff and House managers weigh in on Bolton. pic.twitter.com/w0UKr3xUKQ

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 27, 2020

The President blocked our request for Bolton’s testimony.

Now we see why:

Bolton directly contradicts the heart of the President’s defense.

If the trial is to be fair, Senators must insist that Mr. Bolton be called as a witness, and provide his notes and other documents. https://t.co/go9DJdRDEf

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 27, 2020

Bolton attorney Charles Cooper says he provided a copy of Bolton's draft manuscript to the NSC for security review on Dec. 30, 2019.
He comes close to confirming the accuracy of the NYT report, saying "information has been disclosed by persons other than those properly involved." pic.twitter.com/sGhbnIqntt

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 27, 2020

And here is the letter Cooper sent to NSC: pic.twitter.com/sqZwdbcoTp

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 27, 2020

This is also significant: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged privately that there was no basis to claims by the Rudolph W. Giuliani that the ambassador to Ukraine was corrupt and believed Mr. Giuliani may have been acting on behalf of other clients, Mr. Bolton wrote.” https://t.co/d2Fn11I2qQ

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 26, 2020

“Speak so that people feel it, so that people understand it, so that people can do something about it while there is time.” https://t.co/vzrtG0qLpl

— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) January 26, 2020

Trump's legal team offered a six-point rebuttal to the House impeachment evidence. I walked through each (largely shaky) point. https://t.co/OKZlnopr2V

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 25, 2020

In their opening arguments, Trump’s defense counsel inadvertently helped Democrats make the case for witnesses.

“They kept saying there are no eyewitness accounts, but there are people who have eyewitness accounts," Senate Minority Leader Schumer said.https://t.co/ul2j4isXDs

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 25, 2020

Democrats are having a field day after Trump's lawyers accidentally made the strongest case to call witnesses in his impeachment trial https://t.co/4vHHZbv03q via @businessinsider

— Emily Cohn (@emily_cohn) January 25, 2020

CNN’s @wolfblitzer fact-checks a claim made by President Trump's outside legal counsel Jay Sekulow that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

“That argument simply ignores a major statement from the U.S. intelligence community” https://t.co/LfwJPwgQgl pic.twitter.com/QWeLdbnYFh

— CNN (@CNN) January 25, 2020

Okay. Here we go. #BogusDefenseBingo

When you hear one of the bogus defenses, tweet with the hashtag #BogusDefenseBingo pic.twitter.com/hYRqVNJ6aD

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) January 25, 2020

The real reason GOP Senators are pretend-outraged about @RepAdamSchiff citing the "heads on pikes" story is that it starkly exposes an important truth — not just about Trump, but also about *them.*https://t.co/KqIhHCsHv8

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 25, 2020

Behind the scenes in the Senate, three arguments are being used to stop witnesses: The Hassle Factor, Circular Logic and Fear, @JohnAvlon says. "What power has revealed in this presidency is how quickly adults can be intimidated into abandoning their principles." #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/CmCJCnp5IT

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 25, 2020

Cipollone is highlighting Trump’s comments to Zelensky about Europe not sufficiently helping Ukraine. Here’s @tarasubramaniam’s previous fact check on what Europe has done: https://t.co/rQTAfLNM1R

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 25, 2020

CNN’s @ddale8 fact-checks claims made by President Trump's defense team during their opening arguments. https://t.co/rUqxgPNcF1 pic.twitter.com/yKpA0LaMsy

— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) January 25, 2020

Democratic impeachment managers finished making their opening arguments against President Trump last night by declaring him an “imminent threat” to American democracy https://t.co/J8pYtW0ZRD pic.twitter.com/zGldOin7HD

— POLITICO (@politico) January 25, 2020

The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not. A WaPo editorial ⁦@PostOpinions⁩ ⁦@JacksonDiehl⁩ https://t.co/XUJL5V43V1

— Fred Hiatt (@hiattf) January 25, 2020

Trump's legal team to launch unbridled attack on Biden ⁦@dsamuelsohn⁩ ⁦@kyledcheney⁩ https://t.co/6tAB9cEeYE

— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) January 25, 2020

President Trump appears to be seen briefly on cell phone video @NBCNews has obtained from Les Parnas via his attorney. The audio recording is over an hour long.https://t.co/lGazYmDu1x

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 25, 2020

President Trump asks how long Ukraine can resist Russian aggression in newly-surfaced recording https://t.co/LOOjNcYQEY

— TIME (@TIME) January 25, 2020

Here’s the full video we reported on yesterday —> https://t.co/IxyShHUaXJ

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) January 26, 2020

By @tarasubramaniam, @ddale8, @HolmesLybrand, @MarshallCohen, and @Kevinliptakcnn: "Fact-checking opening statements from President Trump's legal team" https://t.co/2hwXXfmnfw

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 25, 2020

Two questions about the "take her out" audio of Trump on Yovanovitch:

Why is POTUS, who has the power to remove ambassadors, conspiring with goons to do so?

WTF is SDNY doing, and is Barr interfering?

New piece, w/former prosecutor @glennkirschner2:
https://t.co/CezqZufbt9

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 24, 2020

President Trump slams Democratic House impeachment managers for perpetrating "lies, fraud and deception," complaining that his own legal defense team would have to start their arguments on Saturday in what the president says is called "Death Valley in TV." https://t.co/8eMRkLXiQF

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2020

—@JohnAvlon's Reality Check segment on partisan media is worth a watch. On impeachment, Avlon argues, "This is a test of whether facts and evidence still matter to members of what was formerly known as the world's greatest deliberative body." pic.twitter.com/BNXAOEYP09

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 24, 2020

"We are gathered here not as Democrats or Republicans, not as the left or the right, not as progressives or conservatives, but as Americans, doing our Constitutional duty during this moment of presidential accountability." – @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/pbMTIVThnR

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) January 24, 2020

Trump’s legal team contradicts DOJ position on subpoenas, House lawyers tell appeals court https://t.co/1gDcWqT8Ds

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 24, 2020

A fair number of social media users are urging people to call Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court and demand a fair impeachment trial or ask for witnesses or tell him to control the Senate. https://t.co/B83lOdLWso

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) January 24, 2020

NEW: The House has filed a letter with the Appeals Court arguing that Trump's impeachment lawyers have completely contradicted their arguments in the McGahn case. pic.twitter.com/uiS4l9mDnu

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 24, 2020

My Latest -> “All America demands is a fair trial, an impartial jury & the calling of relevant witnesses. If McConnell can’t deliver on those aspirational values, then his political soul has been bartered to a bombastic, intemperate buffoon.” #MoscowMitch https://t.co/uwEGSBNDqz

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 23, 2020

The House has presented the core factual record of Trump's Ukraine scheme.

None of the facts can be seriously disputed.

"If the President had any exculpatory witnesses – even a single one – he would be demanding their appearance here." –@RepJerryNadler pic.twitter.com/49atRDpN0r

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) January 23, 2020

Abuse of power.

Fox News' top legal analyst Judge Napolitano: "What is required for removal of the president? A demonstration of presidential commission of high crimes and misdemeanors, of which in Trump's case the evidence is ample and uncontradicted."https://t.co/2EwHhsiDeN

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 23, 2020

If Republicans in the Senate vote to block witnesses from testifying in Trump’s trial, their fate is sealed. They will forever go down in history as covering up the most corrupt American president of all time. But there is STILL TIME to do the right thing https://t.co/ZjxPHXd0D7

— Rio Tazewell (@RioTazewell) January 23, 2020

New – Growing GOP argument against subpoenas for witnesses and docs: Trump will cite executive privilege – and that will lead to a drawn-out court fight. “We can answer the question that they're asking us right now without having to go through all that.”https://t.co/HMBIElkVcG

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 23, 2020

"Republicans might be blocking new testimony in the Senate trial but Democratic impeachment managers keep returning to the person who makes their case better than anyone: the President himself," @StCollinson writes https://t.co/QDq58gDXvY

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 23, 2020

In an interview w/ @jaketapper & @wolfblitzer, @SenSchumer addresses the White House: "If you have nothing to hide … then you shouldn't be afraid of witnesses and documents" pic.twitter.com/Dn5o3LwkCQ

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) January 24, 2020

.@mayawiley on Senate impeachment trial: "It's also a murder conspiracy, and the victim here is the Constitution." https://t.co/DDArv5udEu

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 23, 2020

Nadler plays a clip of Sen. Lindsey Graham arguing during Bill Clinton's impeachment proceedings that impeachment does not require a crime https://t.co/Av2C7OBnt7 pic.twitter.com/cYheKvyvbU

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 23, 2020

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn spent hours attacking Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key National Security Council aide who testified before Congress on the Ukraine scandal, on Twitter, including questioning the Purple Heart recipient's patriotism https://t.co/2htbZlzx30

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 24, 2020

Vindman's attorney slammed Blackburn's tweets in a statement, saying that Vindman "has sacrificed enormously for our country. He believes in our country. And he believes in our country's great institutions, including the United States Senate." https://t.co/Df65xzjnMJ pic.twitter.com/0v4uVBzaiq

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 24, 2020

“Watching senators complain that there is ‘nothing new’ in the case made by House impeachment managers, while they are actively opposing the introduction of new evidence and new testimony, is confirmation of barefaced bad faith.” https://t.co/2OaecCqK7v https://t.co/ssDRl3sHSR

— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) January 23, 2020

"The founders envisioned the possibility of a scoundrel gaining control of the White House. But could they envision an entire political party putting on blinders and becoming the loyal and unyielding foot-soldiers of that scoundrel?" https://t.co/A9uRxNiYck

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 24, 2020

Republicans at the trial don't think the Senate needs new evidence, are bored at the lack of new evidence and appear not to know that there has been new evidence. https://t.co/Lxtr5h91SJ

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 24, 2020

Democrats honed in on their charge that President Trump abused his power, turning to past statements from some of the president's top allies to help make their case on the third day of his Senate impeachment trial. https://t.co/h8N3FCUb6i

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 24, 2020

"The volume is going to much higher — there will be yelling, there will be passionate gesticulation on the floor … but the substance will be next to zero," @Lawrence says of Pres. Trump's upcoming legal defense. "They simply do not have facts to argue." https://t.co/8EtlmQSa68

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 24, 2020

Dems drop new evidence tightening Trump's link to Lev Parnes https://t.co/eM6IDJYCAJ via @NBCNewsTHINK

— SAVE AMERICA (@vietthanhsports) January 23, 2020

Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial … My column https://t.co/kmftlcIssg

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) January 22, 2020

Hey @SenateGOP,

Trump just admitted he's guilty to Article 2 of the House articles of impeachment.

He seems like a good witness. Are you ready to end the charade and #RemoveTrump?

Text message the phrase "Remove Trump" to 50409.pic.twitter.com/oFJIFGIvFy

— Grant Stern  (@grantstern) January 22, 2020

It's fitting that only hours after John Roberts called for civility, Trump erupted in a supernova of lies and bad faith in Davos. Calls for equivalent norm-adherence are wildly out of sync with the imbalance between both parties' conduct on impeachment. https://t.co/qvbAgPMx6l

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 22, 2020

In an incredible exchange at Davos, @realdonaldtrump admits he is comfortable with the status of the impeachment trial because the White House is withholding evidence. "Honestly, we have all the material. They don't have the material." As always, he says the quiet part out loud. pic.twitter.com/Gk3h1QZyAi

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) January 22, 2020

Senate Republicans block Democratic push to subpoena John Bolton in impeachment trial https://t.co/FYA1E89F5a pic.twitter.com/E7gjxFSMoh

— The Hill (@thehill) January 22, 2020

McConnell is hardening his argument against witnesses, a sign he plans to rally fellow GOP senators to block testimony and bring a swift end to proceedings. He is warning of exec privilege issues and long court fight. w/ @Phil_Mattingly @jeremyherb https://t.co/pl6HXGRoo3

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 22, 2020

"In virtual lockstep…the Republican majority said 'we don't want to see the documents that are critical to understanding what President Trump did,'" says Sen. @ChrisCoons. "It was a pretty striking, pretty grim, frankly, and very long night."https://t.co/ZHa1XxG7g6 pic.twitter.com/GhfRcho2qC

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 22, 2020

After blocking ELEVEN amendments to subpoena witness testimony and documents, Senate Republicans forced through McConnell's impeachment trial rules in the dead of night.

A trial with no witnesses and no new evidence isn’t a trial. It’s a cover-up.https://t.co/zOe1U32Oc6 pic.twitter.com/Uz1ou6f6BQ

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) January 22, 2020

Americans deserve a fair trial

But @SenateGOP blocked reasonable amendments that subpoena
1—WH Docs
2—State Dept Docs
3—OMB Docs
4—Mulvaney
5—DOD Docs
6⁠—Blair/Duffey
7—Relevant Docs
8—Bolton
and that make (9, 10, 11) commonsense rules changes

Why are they enabling a cover-up?

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2020

Key revelations from new OMB docs:

-Trump political appointees were working on Ukraine aide hold before "perfect" 07/25 phone call.

-Pentagon repeatedly pushed back, to no avail

-hold dropped w/o any explanation, on same day OMB was prepping new holdhttps://t.co/dM9Gt3aikV

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) January 22, 2020

Here's a recap of day 1 of the Trump impeachment trial:
– Trial rules are set
– McConnell's first draft was contentious
– A last-minute rules change
– Proposed amendments to the resolution
– Chief Justice Roberts admonished both sides for lack of decorumhttps://t.co/rOmDkLNAgc pic.twitter.com/3ZYVLIZjRf

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 22, 2020

WATCH: Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, outlines what the Democrats contend was President Trump's “corrupt scheme” to abuse his presidential power and then obstruct Congress’ investigation. https://t.co/QuRYOIvdvs

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) January 23, 2020

“The President's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won,” lead impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff says during his opening statement at the Senate impeachment trial. https://t.co/14mXcvjVzh pic.twitter.com/F2OZhLYx7v

— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) January 22, 2020

The Democrats are winning the argument even though they’ll lose the Senate trial, @MaxBoot writes https://t.co/8IfDy27P17

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 22, 2020

CNN's @jaketapper and legal analyst Carrie Cordero fact check a misleading claim by Jay Sekulow, President Trump’s impeachment defense lawyer, that “allegations or accusations of quid pro quos” are not a part of the impeachment charges facing the President. pic.twitter.com/gxOszbUpFP

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 23, 2020

Lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff pushes back on GOP argument that Ukraine didn't feel pressure following Trump call with Zelenskiy and withheld aid: "Like they're going to admit that they were being shaken down by the president of the United States." https://t.co/6hv1ivH0vN pic.twitter.com/e8HZbjCjqB

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 23, 2020

Schiff is busting out the big guns. #RussiaIfYoureListening pic.twitter.com/83fRhHwZfD

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2020

Regardless of how the #ImpeachmentTrial ends, it has been a Tour de Force from Adam Schiff. He's still going strong, forcefully making the case for subpoenaing more documents from the State Department. pic.twitter.com/dTJg15ldWn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 23, 2020

Analysis: The Democratic case so far adds up; but the math that matters — acquittal votes — remains on the GOP's side. https://t.co/8uKT0v3ml7 – @jonallendc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 23, 2020

Weary and bored, senators walk out, openly scoff and ignore #impeachment rules, @APLaurieKellman reports. https://t.co/hK07q8wbvD

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2020

Donald Trump is Shooting the Constitution in the Middle of Pennsylvania Avenuehttps://t.co/UIk8OKGntZ

— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) January 23, 2020

"I really hope my colleagues across the aisle join together to fight for the vision of a full and fair trial with documents, with witnesses," says Dem. Sen. Jeff Merkley about the the impeachment trial of President Trump. https://t.co/suKcKNVity pic.twitter.com/PgyiRVTpT2

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 23, 2020

The House impeachment managers have concluded their first day of opening remarks in the impeachment trial of President Trump for the day. The trial will continue Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.

Here's a recap of what happened today: https://t.co/wRjCzcTUSV pic.twitter.com/z51USC2rH5

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 23, 2020

“Good job,” @LindseyGrahamSC tells @RepAdamSchiff as the impeachment trial wraps for the day. “Very well spoken.” pic.twitter.com/NC9jC3367o

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 23, 2020

House managers started presenting their case against President Trump on Wednesday in the Senate impeachment trial. Each side has 24 hours over three days to make their opening arguments. https://t.co/T3ZjNCEFal pic.twitter.com/B0tBJHRate

— CNN (@CNN) January 23, 2020

McConnell speech totally contradicts itself. It first claims the House “declined to hear from witnesses.” House of course never “declined”—they didn’t want to get bogged down in long court fight.

Then McConnell says witnesses shouldn’t be called in Senate. His reason? Omg …

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) January 21, 2020

Our new Washpost editorial says if the Senate accepts Trump’s defense, it will be granting him (and future presidents) vast new powers. https://t.co/LMRJYAQcza

— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) January 22, 2020

Imagine a criminal trial in which half the jury was friends with the accused, the accused could ignore subpoenas and if evidence emerged after the indictment it wasn't admissible. https://t.co/uGgeMcLect

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 21, 2020

Trump impeachment trial: The rules and everything else you need to know … by @kasie @frankthorp @LACaldwellDC @darehgregorian https://t.co/wdVVHVHxkH

— Kyle Stewart (@KyleAlexStewart) January 21, 2020

Comparing the witness provisions with 1999 is fatally flawed. The witnesses in 1999 had already testified, every single one of them under oath. In 2020, not a single one of the witnesses requested, by either side, have testified. That's why this is one gigantic cynical lie.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 21, 2020

.@jaketapper explains Democrats simply don't trust McConnell to ever allow a vote on witnesses because he has shown himself willing to bend or break any rule. There is no trust in the chamber, Tapper says. pic.twitter.com/hmy2L7ND4Z

— Zach Wolf (@zbyronwolf) January 21, 2020

There are CHANGES to the McConnell resolution – presentations will now take place over 3 days (still 24 total hours)
Also changes to the evidence section

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) January 21, 2020

Schiff corrects Cipollone's false claim that Republicans weren't allowed into the closed-door impeachment hearings. He says, "I'm not gonna suggest to you that Mr Cipollone would deliberately make a false statement…but I will tell you this: he's mistaken. He's mistaken."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 21, 2020

McConnell changes resolution to:

-give each side *3* (instead of 2) days to make 24 hours’ worth of arguments;

-admit House's evidence unless there is a vote in opposition to it (as opposed to only admitting it with a vote). https://t.co/seTYiwRvwv

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 21, 2020

Schiff plays a couple #TrumpGreatestHits pic.twitter.com/zxM8pGiQ8q

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020

"Not even Mr. Schiff's Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" — this is a blatant lie from Cipollone pic.twitter.com/A4cWhwRSUo

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020

Senate splits down party lines to table Schumer's amendment on WH documents @JohnKingCNN @niaCNN @GloriaBorger @JeffreyToobin @carriecordero @MichaelGerhard8 https://t.co/Lt8qcvl1ug pic.twitter.com/Sw1pRa2qbf

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 21, 2020

Senate defeats first Schumer amendment on WH docs @JohnKingCNN @niacnn @GloriaBorger @JeffreyToobin @carriecordero @MichaelGerhard8 https://t.co/gLEiZdTht6 pic.twitter.com/mx347yzQzz

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 21, 2020

If you subpoena documents, you might get them.

If you get documents, you might read them.

If you read documents, you might learn things.

If you learn things, you might have to do something.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 21, 2020

GOP Sen. Susan Collins says she will "likely" support a motion to subpoena witnesses later in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, after both sides present their cases https://t.co/PMVc5WVkIw

— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2020

Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said earlier that Trump was denied the right to have a lawyer present at Judiciary Committee hearings. Judiciary invited him to have a lawyer participate. It was Intelligence that didn't let him participate in its hearings. https://t.co/oMzWgHDXT9

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 21, 2020

53-47, Senate votes along party lines to kill Schumer amendment to subpoena State Department documents

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 21, 2020

Yep, @JRubinBlogger is right about this: Democrats have effectively built the case that excluding witnesses and new evidence = GOP coverup. Polling is clear on this point. https://t.co/K3ovs0Wlmo Via @PostOpinions

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 22, 2020

The President's defense team made a few inaccurate statements about the impeachment inquiry, which House manager @RepAdamSchiff rebutted. pic.twitter.com/Yj1AHNcejI

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) January 22, 2020

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries presents a chart documenting that every one of the 15 previous Senate impeachment trials in U.S. history has included witnesses. pic.twitter.com/x0eAzzNv8V

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 22, 2020

This chart showing the number of witnesses who testified at prior impeachment trials is devastating. (There have been witnesses at all 15 trials and average of 33 witnesses per trial). What possible response does McConnell have? (Beyond the typical "So what, I do what I like").

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) January 22, 2020

“That is why we’re here Mr. Sekulow. If you don’t know, now you know” pic.twitter.com/DxT8TaF11E

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 22, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump’s lawyers have been complaining all day about being shut out of the House impeachment process, but here was Cipollone’s response to the House Judiciary Committee’s invitation to participate: pic.twitter.com/irhxbYZlwS

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 22, 2020

Adam Schiff is now fact-checking Trump's lawyers. #ImpeachmentTrial #SenateImpeachmentTrial pic.twitter.com/05fkZLK2qv

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 22, 2020

NEW: Highlights from Day One of Trump’s trial, and why McConnell may have got “caught bluffing” — from our new breakdown tonight by @AriMelber:https://t.co/JYFSYQ43ZU

— The Beat with Ari Melber 📺 (@TheBeatWithAri) January 22, 2020

I see Susan Collins is trending on this website. You people never learn. https://t.co/WowQ2J0yFL

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 22, 2020

The Senate has voted to block three attempts by Democrats to subpoena documents for the impeachment trial that the White House has refused to provide to the House investigators. The vote was cast along party lines. https://t.co/myBZmMzmOU

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) January 22, 2020

An impeachment trial is pure politics. But the repeated rejection of evidence makes it hard to argue that fair consideration is being paid — and will make it hard for Trump to claim exoneration. https://t.co/FlW0WAZXF3

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 22, 2020

"I thought the Democrats were very smart today on this first day, they went for substance," says former presidential adviser David Gergen about the impeachment trial of President Trump. "They laid out the case behind the whole effort." https://t.co/4Fxg0EBkLb pic.twitter.com/6IP5t3SHzN

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 22, 2020

"My colleagues are now on record. And they will be haunted by history and perhaps by the voters because they're on record against witnesses and documents." – Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Senate Republicans defeating a series of amendments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pic.twitter.com/TuRHCvr5XJ

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 22, 2020

Imagine saying this with a straight face pic.twitter.com/DOV8z0SiNx

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 22, 2020

WOW! I just heard Pat Cipollone say " @realDonaldTrump is a man of his word." I spit @dietcoke out of my nose!@BrianKarem @TheValuesVoter @Atticus59914029

Trump? Man of his word? That is news to the thousands of people he has conned, stolen from and lied to over the years!

— David Limbaugh – DavidInMidTn on Threads (@david4potus2020) January 22, 2020

Trump is a cable news president and the impeachment trial is a cable news spectacle… https://t.co/RSLqwVt8gX

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 22, 2020

McConnell had one job: get 51 votes for the quick and quiet disposal of the trial. He couldn’t do it.

The president’s lawyers played to Trump instead of the Senate and persuadable voters.

Taken together, they presented a shaky defense for the president. https://t.co/oLAFk3Wl16

— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) January 22, 2020

Impeachment resolution shortens trial's opening arguments to two days per sidehttps://t.co/MtCCk9J5eD

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 20, 2020

The president’s lawyers advanced their first sustained legal argument since the House opened its inquiry last fall, contending that the two charges passed along party lines were constitutionally flawed and set a dangerous precedent. @maggieNYT @npfandos https://t.co/0Pp1tm4U6f

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 21, 2020

Schumer says McConnell broke his own promise by saying resolution would mirror Clinton. “After reading his resolution, it’s clear Senator McConnell is hell-bent on making it much more difficult to get witnesses and documents,” calling resolution a “national disgrace.” https://t.co/62gmlFo5as

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 20, 2020

"Ultimately it’s the American people who are profound victims if these are the rules that are allowed to take place…
The only things that happen at midnight are trash collection and the execution of prisoners." – @neal_katyal https://t.co/YRabrS90RO

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 21, 2020

Anatomy of an attempted coverup. https://t.co/o3Kiy1ntgL

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2020

About half of Americans, 51%, say the Senate should vote to convict President Trump and remove him from office in the impeachment trial, according to a new CNN poll, while 45% say the Senate should vote against conviction and removal. @davidchalian reports https://t.co/lsHDWu2cQ6 pic.twitter.com/KjsOYXEQyo

— CNN (@CNN) January 20, 2020

.@Lawrence has the one-sentence explanation of the meaning of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” pic.twitter.com/cE288fuGtV

— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) January 21, 2020

This exchange looks much worse in retrospect than when it first aired on June 13th. Trump said he would take "dirt" on his 2020 opponents from a foreign government. In fact, he was in the midst of trying to do so when Stephanopoulos asked the question. pic.twitter.com/82lQb2lFyF

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 20, 2020

BREAKING: Per @johnrobertsFox – Congressional Members of Pres @realDonaldTrump's impeachment team are Reps Doug Collins, Mike Johnson, Jim Jordan, Debbie Lesko, Mark Meadows, John Ratcliffe, Elise Stefanik, and Lee Zeldin

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 21, 2020

Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, accused the majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, of keeping the chamber in the dark about his proposed rules and planning to conduct a rushed impeachment trial https://t.co/Ywz9CueMUj

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2020

With the Senate #ImpeachmentTrial set to begin Tuesday, @eliehonig writes that the stakes are stratospheric for Trump, those who surround him and the United States at large. https://t.co/EZ8njw3KyC

— CNN Opinion (@CNNOpinion) January 20, 2020

Trump could be acquitted by mid week next week. The exact schedule is fluid and subject to change based on how the trial goes and how votes go, but it could look like this. https://t.co/BloyuP6SEj

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 21, 2020

McConnell Rules basically:
OPTION 1: all House info is evidence but no new subpoenas will be issued (and have a quick process) or
OPTION 2: new subpoenas may be issued, but House will have to meet evidentiary standards for all info, like at a regular trial (long, hard process) https://t.co/7zVhIf49Jd

— Ross Garber (@rossgarber) January 20, 2020

"We're looking at 'Midnight Mitch' and the so-called world's greatest deliberative body, really embracing a cover-up that is there for all to see. That's what this is about."

– Journalist Carl Bernstein reacts to Mitch McConnell's proposed trial rules.https://t.co/SWVLjicpE7 pic.twitter.com/GknxCGL1I8

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 21, 2020

The press has had the right to walk, unfettered, through those doors and others to witness public sessions of the Senate since the 18th century. Tomorrow, there will be a police officer and a magnetometer in our way for the 1st time ever.

This is a bad idea pic.twitter.com/dfqpb1pMCy

— Andrew Taylor (@APAndrewTaylor) January 21, 2020

President's lawyers: Impeachment was a rigged process all about a perfect phone call. It's like Presidential tweets reformatted to look like a legal document. https://t.co/H7gvaC3O17 pic.twitter.com/VSd0N5DMBh

— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) January 20, 2020

NEW: The president filed his first legal rebuttal to the House's impeachment case — largely sidestepping the evidence presented by the House and offering constitutionally dubious arguments for rejecting the case outright.

w/ @dsamuelsohnhttps://t.co/eXqADbNdTq

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 20, 2020

President Trump has engaged in the trifecta of constitutional misconduct warranting removal.

He invited foreign interference, endangered our national security, and sought to cheat in the next election.

He is the Framers’ worst nightmare.

Our response: https://t.co/h4rMqq5lTc

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 20, 2020

The Trump defense team's plan? "A middle finger stuck at the impeachment process, rather than any kind of organized effort to convince senators or the public that the president’s conviction would be unmerited, imprudent, or unjust…" https://t.co/enmVXQvNUC

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 20, 2020

Sen. Hirono says Pres. Trump's legal team is using "the president did it, so what?" defense. https://t.co/tYdpDJX41P

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 20, 2020

The Senate impeachment trial is set to begin in earnest on Tuesday when Republicans and Democrats are expected to debate a resolution setting the rules for the trial before starting opening arguments. Here's what we know so far.https://t.co/nWbhj77nMq pic.twitter.com/Qeuu8TBeUQ

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 20, 2020

Republicans trying to ignore the many things we've learned since Trump was impeached | Analysis https://t.co/ZqYZrPzQjE pic.twitter.com/fAwOOGjQxL

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2020

Trump's Senate trial defense: Abuse of power is not impeachable | Analysis https://t.co/AAjo7PZQ0q pic.twitter.com/lQs2AmrDZz

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2020

White House officials would block any attempt to include testimony from Lev Parnas in the Senate trial, sources tell ⁦@MichaelCBender⁩. https://t.co/IDM8B6eVTx

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 20, 2020

”To use impeachment like the House Democrats are doing, to express their political disagreement with the President, to try to overturn an election they're unhappy with, that is an abuse of the Constitution.” –@SenTedCruz pic.twitter.com/dwIEw3waNa

— GOP (@GOP) January 19, 2020

“Better to be unified than divided,” McConnell privately tells Trump as POTUS clamors to end his trial outright, a vote that is sure to fail. It’s one of the many ways McConnell has tried to coax Trump thruout the impeachment fight, w/ @rachaelmbade https://t.co/LjYTjFTBUJ

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 20, 2020

New #CrossExam: it is simply impossible to reconcile Ken Starr’s actions in 98-99 with the positions he’ll argue now for Trump. Hypocrisy in action.

Stay with ⁦@AnaCabrera⁩ & me on Sundays throughout trial for answers to your impeachment questions. https://t.co/1hSuUZMFze

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) January 20, 2020

This is big. Schiff insinuates that Trump is pressuring the Intelligence Community to withhold documents on Ukraine that may incriminate him. https://t.co/YIiQB7cZRF

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 19, 2020

This reminds me of Trump rallies – likely his brainchild:
“The Senate will control the cameras during the impeachment trial, limiting what viewers see, and reporters will be confined to roped-off areas.” https://t.co/reQEtp4Fre

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 20, 2020

Trump's impeachment trial hasn't really started and already journalists are being blocked, bullied by cops, senators have signed a false oath and now meet in secret to set up a sham trial. How a mess on Capitol Hill reflects a broken America. My new column https://t.co/fvD3yNnHtZ

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) January 19, 2020

Fmr. WH Press Secy. @joelockhart on press access to Pres. Trump’s impeachment trial: “There’s nothing that’s going to be happening in the Senate that changes the security dynamic… This is about Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators trying to control the flow of information.” pic.twitter.com/BUNNMGe3AU

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) January 19, 2020

People close to the president say their most compelling argument to persuade nervous Republican senators to vote against calling new witnesses is the claim that they're protecting national security. https://t.co/pX2z9pwQJl

— Axios (@axios) January 20, 2020

Trump’s lawyers claim in their filing all his acts were “perfectly legal, completely appropriate.” But if that’s the case, why are the president and his senior aides so afraid to turn over evidence or to testify under penalty of perjury? In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/KPC9MuEefH

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) January 19, 2020

Stelter: Sen. McSally Calling Manu Raju a 'Liberal Hack' Shows How 'Media Bashing Unites the GOP' https://t.co/D7hjbILY9I

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 19, 2020

If Senate Republicans treat this whole proceeding as a farce, then they’ll make the very idea of impeachment a joke, forever trashing the only constitutional remedy for an out-of-control president https://t.co/XmvKV3nxHq

— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) January 19, 2020

My response to Pence’s distortion of history & defense of bribing #Senate @UTAustin @TheLBJSchool @UT_HistDept https://t.co/l4GbZjBsXO

— Jeremi Suri (@JeremiSuri) January 18, 2020

Umm Pam Bondi says the whistleblower is not a real whistleblower but rather an informant and a leaker pic.twitter.com/XU4W5G738i

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 19, 2020

Read @realDonaldTrump’s ANSWER filed in the Senate Proceedings today by his legal team.💥

Read all 7 pages for yourself, don’t just rely on media interpretation!https://t.co/JmHWjraRkE

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) January 19, 2020

NEW: President Trump's legal team accuses Democrats of a "dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president" in formal response to Senate impeachment trial summons. https://t.co/cjJhHEoay5

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2020

We can choose to make facts matter.

Trump engaged in profound corruption toward Ukraine. Biden did not.

Trump/Rs corruptly want irrelevant witnesses. Ds fairly want relevant ones.

Let's choose *not* to sanitize this lopsided imbalance into equivalence.https://t.co/XvfogiPx1g

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 18, 2020

“I’d like to see these witnesses, these documents and the ability of both House and the President's lawyers to cross-examine whatever witnesses we've got,” Alabama Democratic Sen. Doug Jones tells @smerconish ahead of the Senate impeachment trial. https://t.co/PIOpY8s29j pic.twitter.com/8xuGqEJqVm

— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) January 18, 2020

.@maureendowd: Ken Starr, "who once clutched his pearls over Bill Clinton's sexual high jinks, is now going to bat for President 'Access Hollywood'" https://t.co/dP7g56zibZ

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 19, 2020

.@maddow: "Somebody should maybe ask President Trump what reason he gave Vice President Pence to cancel his trip to Zelenskiy's inauguration."https://t.co/Mrg0un8oUg

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 19, 2020

Who is Robert Hyde? The latest character in the Trump impeachment saga has a wild backstory. https://t.co/IWacwP7Jm8 #inners

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) January 19, 2020

New revelations:
❗️Trump was in on it and directed the scheme
❗️Trump broke the law
❗️Amb. Yovanovitch was stalked by Trump associates
❗️Russian hackers were involved
❗️John Bolton is willing to testify

All of this is damning for Trump. https://t.co/RcqwQe9PX6

— Rep. Sylvia Garcia (@RepSylviaGarcia) January 17, 2020

Republicans protecting/enabling/defending @realDonaldTrump better think twice because what they do on #impeachment will "be affixed to their political obituary forever" #MorningJoe @Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/mpjhUXHFDp

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) January 17, 2020

NEW —> “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies”: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals

An exclusive excerpt from #AVeryStableGeniushttps://t.co/wyupU9CW8I

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 17, 2020

New texts show more efforts to track Marie Yovanovitch. “She been there since Thursday – never left the embassy,” said an unknown Belgium number in text exchange with Trump ally Robert Hyde. Also texts show more extensive talks bw Nunes aide and Parnas. https://t.co/xKHXrXOqHO

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 18, 2020

this just got a lot sketchier https://t.co/VC9ZZKpTbb

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 18, 2020

Nunes aide communicated with Parnas about Ukraine campaign, messages show. https://t.co/AwZvscOv0b

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) January 18, 2020

.@chrislhayes: “No one will admit they know Lev Parnas, and yet Lev Parnas seems to have a photo with everybody.” #inners pic.twitter.com/0IbMqw8wJD

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) January 18, 2020

NEW: Former Rep. Chris Collins, who stands before a judge for sentencing today, is the latest of 14 Trump aides, donors and advisers who have been indicted or imprisoned. https://t.co/QgPZ5stvkK

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 17, 2020

"Reporters [are] learning about the restrictions in real time": Journalists on Capitol Hill are facing a security crackdown that limits their ability to question US Senators during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. https://t.co/9zmjSeMPWo

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 16, 2020

Q: Senator McSally, should the Senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?

McSally: You’re a liberal hack I’m not talking to you

Manu- You’re not going to comment about this?
McSally: You're a liberal hack. pic.twitter.com/IW5pCfZ6Oa

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2020

In the coming days, each of us will face a choice about whether to begin this trial in search of the truth, or in service of President Trump’s desire to cover it up.

Trials have witnesses and documents.

Cover-ups don’t. pic.twitter.com/IfRsT0OosO

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 16, 2020

After being sworn in, #SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts has senators take the oath for "impartial justice" during the #ImpeachmentTrial of @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/UZnIiee97w

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 16, 2020

The Senator took an oath hours ago and he still has the audacity to appear on Fox News to announce his bias pic.twitter.com/KetEpaceXw

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 17, 2020

The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has found the Trump Administration broke the law by withholding military aid from Ukraine.

Trump’s willingness to break the law to coerce Ukraine to help him cheat in the next election shows the magnitude of his abuse of power. https://t.co/WgrJa3spcx

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 16, 2020

GAO asserts Trump administration ‘broke the law’ in withholding aid for Ukraine @kaitlancollins reports https://t.co/aUkwnjI7Np pic.twitter.com/xGY6VTyrDD

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 16, 2020

GOP Sen. David Perdue, a Republican from Georgia and close Trump ally, told me the Senate should “absolutely not” consider new evidence. It said it was the House’s job to do that, he said

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2020

Susan Collins issues a statement, saying her position on the impeachment trial has been mischaracterized. pic.twitter.com/tuv5oLIeT6

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2020

Yesterday, the Speaker celebrated impeachment with souvenir pens, bearing her own golden signature, brought in on silver platters. The House’s partisan process distilled into one last perfect visual. Not solemn or serious. A transparently political exercise from beginning to end. pic.twitter.com/AshajRLH2F

— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) January 16, 2020

This ad is part of a new $1 million campaign from @ForTheRuleOfLaw to remind Republican Senators that 1) of course there should be witnesses, and 2) there will be support for them if they brave a backlash by voting to do the right thing. pic.twitter.com/9GviUH3rqS

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 16, 2020

Trump insists he doesn't know Parnas despite many photos and video of them together @amandacarpenter @jrpsaki @lbarronlopez @niaCNN discuss https://t.co/7bxuRN3mZO pic.twitter.com/9Az3pzklPt

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 16, 2020

After Lev Parnas claimed Trump knew everything about the effort to push Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, Trump today denies knowing him despite their photos. "I don't know Parnas, other than I guess I had pictures taken, which I do with thousands of people."

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 16, 2020

Here’s the “I don’t know him at all, don’t know what he’s about, don’t know where he comes from, know nothing about him” guy, w Lev Parnas & Roman Nasirov, former head of Ukrainian Fiscal Service, at Mar-a-Lago 12/16. @POTUS .@realDonaldTrump @Acosta #LevRemembers #LetLevSpeak pic.twitter.com/5B5QY2DJEg

— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 16, 2020