Must the Senate hold a trial? How does Trump differ from Clinton? Can the president pardon himself? And much more.
The Constitution imposes no such requirement, and House rules don't either, even though authorizing resolutions were passed in each of the three previous presidential impeachments.
But such a vote is not required. The House has voted to impeach federal judges without passing a resolution to authorize an investigation, and the House procedure for impeaching judges and presidents is the same. Even so, House Democrats will hold a vote Thursday to clarify the rules for public hearings, even though a federal judge said on Oct. 25 that"a House resolution has never, in fact, been required to begin an impeachment inquiry.
Since then, the federal courts have narrowed the power of judges to declare exceptions to grand jury secrecy. Earlier this year, for example, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a different case that there's no exception allowing historians to get access. The court said it interpreted what Sirica did in Watergate as allowed under a federal rule that allows giving grand jury material to the House for"judicial proceedings.
In the current proceedings, the House Judiciary Committee recently adopted a rule allowing the president's lawyers to respond to evidence and testimony in writing. But there is no requirement for such an accommodation to the president's lawyers, and there was no such arrangement when the House impeached Andrew Johnson.
Once the preliminaries are out of the way, the trial takes place under procedures similar to courtrooms. The House managers make an opening statement, followed by a statement from lawyers for the president.
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