Now that the House has impeached Trump, what's next in the Senate?
WASHINGTON - Now that the House has voted to make Donald Trump the third president ever impeached, attention turns to the Senate, which is tasked by the Constitution with conducting his trial.
If the Senate finds him guilty, Trump would become the first president ever removed from office. That's highly unlikely.
The Republican-controlled Senate is not expected to convict and remove Trump. But the trial still could be fascinating.
The president didn't participate in the House impeachment inquiry at all, and the Senate trial is the first time the president and his lawyers will be directly involved.
The House approved two articles of
