President Trump's impeachment trial begins this week. The House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on Capitol Hill on Sunday to work on their strategy. Meanwhile, senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks. Ben Tracy reports.
This week, President Trump will face charges in the Senate of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. House members, led by Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, are working on the opening presentation at the Senate impeachment trial. Weijia Jiang reports that the president’s legal team will argue that the entire process to impeach him has been tainted.
A pair of Democrats running for President are getting a boost from the New York Times editorial board. For the first time, the paper endorsed two candidates in the primaries, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. The Times says Warren is the best leftist candidate, while Klobuchar is the centrist choice. Ed O’Keefe reports on how they and their senate colleagues are squeezing in campaign appearances before the impeachment trial.
As the impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway this week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll force votes to call four witnesses at the trial if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't do so. Democrats will need the votes of four Republicans. Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona, who served in the Senate from 2013 until last year, joins “CBS This Morning” with his advice for members of his party.
President Trump's lawyers have released their official legal brief ahead of tomorrow's start of the Senate impeachment trial. They say the House failed to identify any impeachable offenses and that Democrats have "concocted an unheard of procedure." Zeke Miller, a CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for the Associated Press, joined CBSN to discuss the president's legal strategy.
President Trump's legal team released their official legal brief one day before the start of the Senate impeachment trial. They say the "flawed" and "deficient" evidence can only result in the president's acquittal. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson and USA Today politics reporter Nicholas Wu join CBSN with a preview.