The President's impeachment defense lawyer Jay Sekulow said that quid pro quo was not a part of the impeachment charges facing Trump. CNN's Jake Tapper and CNN legal analyst Carrie Cordero fact check this misleading claim.

Sen. Susan Collins sent a written note early Wednesday morning during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial minutes before Chief Justice John Roberts admonished both legal teams, a source with knowledge of the event tells CNN.

It's been less than two days, but one storyline of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump has already emerged: Democrats are leaning heavily on California's Rep. Adam Schiff to make the case against the President.

Unlike the cases of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton -- the only two presidents who had been impeached until now -- and a third, Richard Nixon, who resigned before the House voted on impeachment, President Donald Trump's impeachment trial will focus on an abuse of power related to foreign policy.

During the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that if American democracy falls it will be the autocrats who fill the void, stating Americans have less freedom this year than previously.

CNN asked its millions of Instagram followers what questions they had about the impeachment trial. Here's a sample, along with some answers:

The lead Democratic impeachment manager claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump had "bragged" about withholding materials from Congress as lawmakers weigh removing him from office -- partly because they allege he's obstructing their investigations.

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff detailed the House's case for removing President Donald Trump from office on Wednesday as the Senate's trial shifted to opening arguments following a contentious first day spent debating the rules of the impeachment trial.