What happened in Wednesday’s Senate trial, in 5 minutes

The first day of opening arguments in President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial can be divided into two consequential parts: what happened on the Senate floor and what happened off it.

Let’s start with what happened in the official trial. The clock started Wednesday on Democrats’ allotted 24 hours to argue that the Senate should convict Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) spent two of those hours laying out the broad outlines of their argument. Here’s what he said: Continue reading.