这是官方的。
周四，美国参议院正式开始了美国历史上对总统的第三次弹劾审判。当首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨进入会议厅宣誓就职时，会议厅里的立法者们也庄严肃穆。随着他们宣誓做“公正的审判”和他们签署誓言书，审判正式开始。
尽管审判程序要到周二才会真正开始，但新闻仍将在周末出现，众议院弹劾经理和总统的辩护团队将起草陈述双方观点的简报。
以下是未来几天的预期。
1月16日，参议员们在参议院弹劾唐纳德·特朗普总统的审判开始时，由首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨主持宣誓。
安排
周六下午5点:众议院弹劾经理应提交审判简报
周一中午:唐纳德·特朗普总统的辩护状到期
周二中午:经理的反驳简报到期
星期二下午1点:弹劾审判从批准审判规则开始，认真开始
即将到来的证人摊牌
周二有望从一开始就上演戏剧。
为了开始审判和每个小组进行辩论，参议院必须通过一项决议来管理诉讼程序。还没有公开发布任何文本，但是参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔说，它将反映比尔·克林顿总统弹劾案中遵循的规则。
这意味着案文不允许一开始就对证人进行表决。相反，是否应该传唤更多证人和文件的问题——正如民主党人在发布更多关于总统与乌克兰交易的令人发指的信息时所要求的那样——将在管理人员和白宫团队提出他们的论点后才进行辩论。
肯塔基州共和党人麦康奈尔周二在会上表示:“这些要求参议院预先承诺重启众议院调查的要求并没有显示出信心。”。他当天晚些时候告诉记者，“我们将在审判的适当时候处理证人问题。”
预计参议院民主党将在周二对他们期望的证人进行投票，这些证人包括前国家安全顾问约翰博尔顿、代理白宫办公厅主任米克马尔瓦尼、管理和预算办公室官员迈克尔杜菲和马尔瓦尼高级顾问罗伯特·布莱尔。
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默对记者说:“我们预计周二会对这些证人进行投票，但在我们看到麦康奈尔提出的决议之前还不能确定。”。
纽约民主党人舒默强迫对证人进行的任何投票都有望失败，因为较为温和的共和党人认为像这样的投票是掷硬币决定的，他们表示支持在稍后的时间做出决定，就像克林顿的审判那样。
参议员苏珊·科林斯是被认为是摇摆不定的温和派之一，也是缅因州面临艰难连任的共和党人，她在周四的一份长篇声明中明确表达了自己的立场。尽管在辩论或参议员提问之前，柯林斯表示“我不会支持任何一方传唤文件或证人的任何企图”，但她表示，到时候，她可能会站在民主党一边传唤证人。
柯林斯说:“虽然我需要听听这个案子的辩论和问题的回答，但我倾向于相信获得更多信息会有所帮助。”。“我很可能会像1999年那样，支持在审判的那个时候传唤证人的动议。”
她强调说，她“没有对任何特定的证人做出决定”
SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL SCHEDULE AND WHAT COMES NEXT AS WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRATS PREPARE ARGUMENTS
It's official.
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate officially kicked off its third impeachment trial of a president in American history. As Chief Justice John Roberts entered the chamber to be sworn in, so did a solemnness among the lawmakers in the room. With their swearing to do "impartial justice" and their signing of the oath book, the trial officially began.
Although the trial proceedings will not begin in earnest until Tuesday, news will still occur over the weekend as House impeachment managers and the president's defense team draft briefs that will lay out each side's argument.
Here's what to expect in the coming days.
Senators taking the oath administered by Chief Justice John Roberts at the start of the Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on January 16.
Schedule
Saturday, 5 p.m.: trial brief due from House impeachment managers
Monday, noon: President Donald Trump's defense trial brief due
Tuesday, noon: managers' rebuttal brief due
Tuesday, 1 p.m.: impeachment trial begins in earnest, starting with approval of the trial rules
Showdown Over Witnesses to Come
Tuesday is expected to have drama right from the start.
For the trial to commence and each team to make its arguments, the Senate must pass a resolution that will govern the proceedings. No text has been publicly released yet, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it will mirror the rules followed in President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.
That means the text will not allow for a vote on witnesses at the outset. Rather, the issue of whether more witnesses and documents should be subpoenaed—as Democrats have demanded amid the release of additional damning information about the president's Ukraine dealings—will not be debated until after the managers and the White House team present their arguments.
"These demands for the Senate to pre-commit to reopening the House investigation do not show confidence," said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on the floor Tuesday. He told reporters later in the day that "we will be dealing with the witness issue at the appropriate time into the trial."
Expect Senate Democrats on Tuesday to force a vote on their desired witnesses, which include former national security adviser John Bolton, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey and Mulvaney senior adviser Robert Blair.
"We expect that we will have votes on these witnesses on Tuesday but can't be sure until we see the resolution that McConnell has put together," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters.
Any vote forced by Schumer, a New York Democrat, over witnesses is expected to fail, as the more moderate Republicans considered toss-ups on votes such as these have said they support deciding at a later time, as was done in the Clinton trial.
Senator Susan Collins, one of those moderates who's considered a swing vote—and a Maine Republican facing a tough re-election—made her position crystal clear in a lengthy statement on Thursday. Although she said that "I will not support any attempts by either side to subpoena documents or witnesses" prior to the arguments or the senators' ability to post questions, Collins signaled that when the time comes, she will likely side with the Democrats on calling witnesses.
"While I need to hear the case argued and the questions answered, I tend to believe having additional information would be helpful," Collins said. "It is likely that I would support a motion to call witnesses at that point in the trial, just as I did in 1999."
She emphasized that she's "not made a decision on any particular witnesses."
