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This was the first day of the political trial against Trump 2:24
(CNN) - The political trial of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in the Senate, the third to a president in the country's history, began seriously on Tuesday. While there were procedural sessions last week, this was the first full-day trial.
This is what you need to know about how the day was developed:
The rules of the trial are established: the Senate voted partisanly to approve the resolution of majority leader Mitch McConnell on the rules.
McConnell's first draft was controversial: the Senate began debating the rules of the trial after McConnell revealed his resolution last night. Monday's draft gives each side 24 hours, over the course of two days, to present opening arguments and says that the House of Representatives evidence would not be admitted without a vote. Democrats criticized the rules, saying they were meant to "cover up" Trump's behavior, and there were even concerns among some Republicans.
But there was a last-minute change of rules: McConnell quietly changed the resolution on Tuesday before it was read aloud in the Senate. The new resolution gives each side three days to present its 24 hours of arguments and says that the evidence will be admitted automatically unless there is a motion from the president's team to eliminate evidence.
There were many proposed amendments to the resolution: the prosecutors of the House of Representatives and the White House defense team had time to discuss their position on the resolution. After that, Schumer offered 11 amendments. Each of them was rejected after a majority party vote.
After intense debate, the president of the court, John Roberts, warned both sides of his lack of decorum: Roberts told Trump's legal team and the political trial prosecutors of the House of Representatives that they should "remember where they are." .
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