前总统唐纳德·特朗普历史性的第二次弹劾审判正在参议院进行。他因导致1月6日美国国会大厦暴乱的行为而面临一项煽动叛乱的指控。
2月9日，晚上9:00
众议员金辛格说，弹劾投票如果私下进行，将会通过
众议员亚当·金辛格，伊利诺伊州。，谁在众议院投票弹劾美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)对美国广播公司(ABC News Live)首席主播林西·戴维斯(Linsey Davis)表示，他认为有可能(但不太可能)有更多的参议院共和党人投票给特朗普定罪。金辛格估计，票数不足以达到67票，尽管他也表示，如果参议院弹劾投票是私下举行的，他相信“肯定”会通过。
金辛格说:“我认为，随着时间的推移，人们将会意识到，至少在过去四年里，尤其是1月6日，形势是多么糟糕。我认为，历史不会对那些支持和选择政治而不是遵守誓言的人做出太好的判断。”。
这位共和党国会议员还讨论了共和党的未来，并表示，如果该党继续朝着他认为的方向前进，他将无法“留在共和党的旗帜下”。
更多:“我真的希望他们成立自己的政党”:共和党议员支持弹劾
“我决心为我的政党而战，但如果它继续这样下去，就没有希望了。金辛格说:“我当然不能像我想的那样呆在共和党的旗帜下，你知道，我需要和一个对未来乐观的政党联系在一起。”“而我还没到那里。我将为这个派对的灵魂而战，希望这不会是我必须做出的决定。”
——美国广播公司新闻‘乔恩·施奥斯本’
2月9日，晚上8:39
弹劾审判第一天的要点
周二，参议院开始了前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的第二次弹劾审判，民主党人利用1月6日国会大厦(Capitol)骚乱的13分钟视频，帮助他们向参议院陈述案情，特朗普的辩护团队就审判前总统的合宪性进行辩论。
这里有三个要点从第一天的争论开始，到参议院以56票对44票继续审判结束。
特朗普的法律团队，包括宾夕法尼亚州蒙哥马利县前地区检察官布鲁斯·卡斯特(Bruce Castor Jr .)在内，在一场48分钟的辩论中留下了糟糕的第一印象，遭到了发现自己困惑和不为所动的参议员的批评。
1月6日暴乱期间，许多参议员都在国会大厦，他们在国会大厦暴乱的纪录片风格的视频中重温了这些袭击，这是一个令人痛心的演示，将C-SPAN的众议院和参议院现场辩论镜头与坚韧不拔、充满咒骂的暴乱镜头和前总统的一些社交媒体帖子结合在一起。
民主党人还援引支持审判的保守派律师的话说，不审判特朗普将向未来的总统暗示，他们不会对自己在任期最后几天的行为负责。
——美国广播公司新闻巴格斯·西格尔
2月9日，晚上7:48
弹劾审判定于周三中午恢复
周三，众议院弹劾经理必须在上午9点前提交所有动议，但与证人有关的动议除外，特朗普法律团队必须在上午11点前对众议院经理的动议做出回应。
审判将于周三中午恢复，双方将进行辩论，并对任何一方提出的动议进行投票。
之后，开始辩论。众议院弹劾经理在两天内有多达16个小时的时间，尽管双方每天的辩论时间限制在8个小时。
——美国广播公司新闻‘翠希·特纳’
2月9日，晚上7:22
尽管国防评论褒贬不一，民主党仍然需要17票才能定罪
《美国广播公司新闻》的国会记者雷切尔·斯科特和特朗普的律师布鲁斯·卡斯特看起来都很困惑代表辩护团队发言这种感觉可能是前总统共有的，他的助手告诉美国广播公司新闻，对卡斯特的表现不满意。
“他们很焦虑，”斯科特在卡斯特的讲话中谈到参议员时说，“以至于一些人实际上起身离开，去了另一个聚会场所，留下房间空着。”
她说，一旦大卫·舍恩接任，参议员们似乎会更加关注防守队员的表现。
斯科特说:“但这与众议院民主党人在播放那段13分钟长的视频时站起来发表自己的观点形成了鲜明的对比，会议厅里一片寂静，以至于你可以听到那天袭击国会大厦的暴力暴徒的声音从会议厅墙壁上反弹回来的回声。”
。@rachelvscott:“为了给唐纳德·特朗普定罪，民主党至少需要17名共和党人的支持。”https://t.co/nBvjuMRhrc pic.twitter.com/Geu940dF6H
—美国广播公司新闻直播(@美国广播公司新闻直播)2021年2月9日
斯科特说，尽管民主党人可能有令人信服的论点，但大多数共和党人已经表示，他们不会投票给特朗普定罪。民主党至少需要17名共和党人支持他们，在周二晚上的投票中，44名共和党人投了赞成票，这是一个越来越困难的壮举审判是违宪的。
“有些共和党人可能会被民主党人的陈述所感动，他们可能会觉得有必要这样做。他们可能会震惊地看到他们眼前所看到的，他们亲眼目睹了那些事件的重演。斯科特说:“但归根结底，民主党需要至少17名共和党人的支持才能给唐纳德·特朗普定罪，已经有很多人抨击这一过程违宪。”
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Trump not happy with defense team's performance: Sources
Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial is taking place in the Senate. He faces a single charge of incitement of insurrection over his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Feb 09, 9:00 pm
Rep. Kinzinger says impeachment vote would pass if held in private
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who voted in the House to impeach President Donald Trump, told ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis that he believes it is possible, but not likely, that more Senate Republicans will vote to convict Trump. Kinzinger estimates there will not be enough to get to 67 votes, though he also said if the Senate impeachment vote was held in private, he believes it would "certainly" pass.
"I think over time, people are going to wake up to really how bad, at least, the tone was in the last four years, particularly Jan. 6, and I don't think history is going to judge too kindly those that stood by and picked politics over that oath-keeping decision," Kinzinger said.
The Republican congressman also discussed the future of the GOP and said that if the party continues to go in the direction he feels it's going in, he wouldn't be able to "stay under the Republican banner."
MORE: ‘I do hope they start their own party’: GOP congressman supporting impeachment
"I'm determined to fight for my party, but if it continues down this track, and there's no hope for it. I certainly wouldn't be able to stay under the Republican banner as much as I want to, you know, I need to be associated with a party that's optimistic about the future," Kinzinger said. "And I'm not there yet. I'm going to fight for the soul of this party and down the road, hopefully, that won't be a decision I'll have to make."
-ABC News' Jon Schlosberg
Feb 09, 8:39 pm
Key takeaways from 1st day of the impeachment trial
The Senate kicked off former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday with Democrats using a 13-minute video of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to help make their case to the Senate, and Trump's defense team debating the constitutionality of the trial of a former president.
Here are three takeaways from the first day of arguments, which ended with the Senate voting 56-44 to proceed with the trial.
Trump's legal team, including Bruce Castor Jr., a former district attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, made a poor first impression in a 48-minute argument that garnered criticism from senators who found themselves confused and unimpressed.
Senators, many of whom were in the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots, relived the attacks during a documentary-style video of the Capitol riot, a harrowing presentation that meshed C-SPAN footage of staid House and Senate floor debates with gritty, expletive-laden riot footage and some of the former president's social media posts.
Democrats also cited conservative lawyers who backed the trial, saying that not trying Trump would suggest to future presidents that they would not be held accountable for their actions during their final days in office.
-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel
Feb 09, 7:48 pm
Impeachment trial set to resume noon Wednesday
On Wednesday, the House impeachment managers must file all motions, except those related to witnesses by 9 a.m. and the Trump legal team must to respond to the House managers’ motions by 11 a.m.
The trial will resume at noon on Wednesday with arguments and a vote for any motions made by either side.
After that, opening arguments begin. The House impeachment managers have up to 16 hours over two days, though both sides are limited to eight hours of arguments each day.
-ABC News' Trish Turner
Feb 09, 7:22 pm
Despite mixed reviews on defense, Dems still need 17 more votes to convict
ABC News' Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott senators on both sides of the aisle looked confused as Trump attorney Bruce Castor spoke for the defense team -- a feeling perhaps shared by the former president who aides told ABC News was unhappy with Castor's performance.
"They were antsy," Scott said of the senators during Castor's remarks, "So much so that several actually got up and left and went to a different gathering place and left the room empty."
She said once David Schoen took over, the senators appeared more attentive to the defense' team's performance.
"But there was a stark contrast to when House Democrats got up to make their arguments when they played that 13-minute long video and there was complete silence in the chamber, so much so that you heard the echoes from the sound from the violent mob that stormed the Capitol that day bouncing off the chamber walls," Scott said.
.@rachelvscott: "Democrats are going to need the support of at least 17 Republicans in order to convict Donald Trump."https://t.co/nBvjuMRhrc pic.twitter.com/Geu940dF6H
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) February 9, 2021
Scott said that although Democrats may have compelling arguments, the majority of Republicans have already signaled they won't vote to convict Trump. Democrats would need at least 17 Republicans to side with them -- an increasingly difficult feat after Tuesday evening's vote in which 44 Republicans voted the trial was unconstitutional.
"You may have some Republicans who may be moved by the presentation by Democrats they may feel compelled by it. They may be shocked to see what they are seeing before their eyes, what they witnessed watching those events replay for them. But at the end of the day, Democrats are going to need the support of at least 17 Republicans in order to convict Donald Trump and already so many have blasted this process as unconstitutional," Scott said.
