Trump impeachment

Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida was one of the House impeachment managers in the Senate impeachment trial. She says Trump's impeachment was "totally worth it" despite the Senate's acquittal.

Now that the House has impeached President Trump, the process shifts to the Senate, which will vote on whether to convict him. Here is your guide to the steps and the people that matter.

The proceedings are expected to close out next week, with a final vote set for Wednesday and the acquittal of President Trump likely.

House managers called for impeachment and attorneys for President Trump declared the articles of impeachment "ridiculous."

The Senate majority leader is now planning for each side in the impeachment trial to have 24 hours to present their case, spread over three days.

The White House is releasing a formal legal brief to the Senate laying out Trump's defense, ahead of the Tuesday start to the impeachment trial. An executive summary was obtained by NPR.

The forceful response follows a summons issued last week by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ahead of President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday.

The Harvard law professor told NPR he will present constitutional arguments during the Senate trial — but will not be involved in other strategic decisions.

The lawmakers hand-delivered the articles after a party-line House vote. The process is now fully with the Senate, which is expected to begin its trial next week.

Although the atmosphere during the Clinton trial differs from today's, Roberts is likely to follow the precedent set by the man he once clerked for and play a limited role.

Lawmakers took to the House floor in roughly six hours of debate Wednesday before passing two articles of impeachment against the president.

"You are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our Republic for your own selfish personal, political, and partisan gain," Trump wrote in a six-page letter.