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Pelosi signs political trial charges against Trump 2:49
(CNN) - The prosecutors of the House read the articles of political trial on the floor of the Senate. It was part of many ceremonial things that happened this Thursday and to start the trial.
Then, the president of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, and the senators will take an oath.
Senators are preparing for the trial to begin seriously next week.
Senators sat quietly while the president of the House of Representatives Intelligence Commission, Adam Schiff, read aloud the charges of political trial against President Trump.
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Members had been instructed that electronic devices would not be allowed in the chamber during political trial proceedings and, although Republican Senator Jerry Moran dropped his cell phone at the beginning just before the House managers entered, they were not detected. cell phones once the filing of charges began.
Instead, most senators watched with their hands crossed in their laps. Some could be seen taking notes, including Senators Bill Cassidy, Bernie Sanders, Tina Smith, Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner, Rob Portman and Kirsten Gillibrand.
Remember: this is the first time that senators can see what it will be like to sit without additional reading materials or electronics and the first time they are forced to sit at their desks without speaking in this process of political trial.
Meanwhile, the other prosecutors in the House kept an eye on while Schiff read the charges.
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