Update on Senate Impeachment Trial
The House Democrats impeached Pres. Donald Trump, so what's next? It goes to the Senate and they have been on a break.
There will need to be 17 Republicans joining Democrats to convict Trump in a Senate impeachment trial. The majority (or 2/3 of the vote) is 67. With the victory of Rev. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, the Senate is evenly split at 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. The proceedings are likely to start after the inauguration as out-going Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was uncooperative beforehand. Republicans will become the minority party as Democrats maintain control of The House.