Senate To Begin Trump’s Impeachment Trial Week Of Feb. 8

It’s unclear whether Chuck Schumer, now the Senate majority leader, will back the GOP’s push for the trial to start in February.

Mary Altaffer / AP

Updated at 6:32 p.m. ET

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the sole article of impeachment for incitement to insurrection against former President Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate on Monday and a trial against the Republican will begin the week of Feb. 8.

“The Senate will conduct a trial on the impeachment of Donald Trump,” Schumer said Friday on the Senate floor. “It will be a fair trial. But make no mistake, there will be a trial.”