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February 13, 2021
• Senate Votes To Acquit Donald Trump: 57 Voted Guilty, 43 Voted Not Guilty; McConnell Suggests Trump Could Be Prosecuted Criminally; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Is Interviewed About The Lack Of Republican Vote To Convict Donald Trump; Louisiana GOP Censures Sen. Cassidy After Vote To Convict Trump. Aired 6-7p ET
• Impeachment Managers Speak After Trump Acquittal; Senate Votes To Acquit Donald Trump, 57 Guilty, 43 Not Guilty; Pelosi Rejects Censure For Trump, Says It Lets GOP Off The Hook; Interview With U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Delegate To House Of Representatives, Stacey Plaskett (D). Aired 5-6p ET
• Senate Votes To Acquit Trump, 57 Guilty, 43 Not Guilty, Seven GOP Senators Vote To Convict; McConnell Says Trump's Actions Were A Disgraceful Dereliction Of Duty But Voted To Acquit; McConnell Suggests Trump Could Be Prosecuted Criminally; Democratic Impeachment Managers Speak After Trump Acquittal. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Defense Team Delivers Impeachment Trial Closing Arguments; House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments; Senate Votes On Whether To Convict Trump; Senate Votes To Acquit Trump. Aired 3-4p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Closing Arguments In Senate Impeachment Trial Of Former President Trump; Witnesses Will Not Be Called In Senate Impeachment Trial; Former President Trump's Defense Team Begins Presentation Of Closing Arguments In Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments; Senate Pauses Closing Arguments After GOP Senator's Interruption; House Impeachment Managers Resume Closing Arguments. Aired 1-2p ET
• Senators Vote To Call Witnesses; Sources: Negotiations About Putting Exclusive CNN Reporting In The Record Instead Of Calling Witness; House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments. Aired 12-1p ET
• Senate Votes To Call Witnesses In Impeachment Trial. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Senate Hears Arguments and Holds Vote to Allow Witnesses in Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump; The Senate Votes to Allow witnesses and Depositions in Senate Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Argue to Subpoena Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler as Witness in Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump; Senate Votes in Favor of Allowing Witnesses in Senate Impeachment Trial; Senate Holds Quorum Call During Impeachment Trial to Pause Proceedings after Unexpected Vote on Allowing Witnesses. Aired 10-11a ET
• Soon: Senate to Reconvene for Closing Arguments, Possible Vote in Second Trump Impeachment Trial; New Details on Trump-McCarthy Call Show President Refused to Demand Rioters Stop the Attack; Democrats Debating Whether to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial; Meadows Disputes Reports Trump Delayed Sending In National Guard; McConnell Tells Colleagues He Will Vote To Acquit Trump In Impeachment Trial; Interview With Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). Aired 9-10a ET


February 12, 2021
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial; Senators Finish Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial, Will Vote Tomorrow; New Details of Trump's Call with Rep. Kevin McCarthy Show Trump Had No Intention of Calling Off January 6th Rioters at Capitol; GOP Lawmaker: Trump to McCarthy During Capitol Riot, "I Guess These People are More Upset About the Election Than You Are". Aired 6-7p ET
• Senators Ask Question in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Impeachment Resumes; Source: Trump Had to Be Convinced to Tweet "Stay Peaceful" During Riot; Soon: Senators Ask Questions in Impeachment Trial; GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Met with Trump Defense Lawyers During Break; Source: Trump Happier with Today's Defense Performance. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case; Defense Claims First Amendment Protections; Defense's Video Clips Highlight Similar Statements by Democrats. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump; Trump Lawyers Run Nearly 10-Minute Clip to Show Democrats Use the Word "Fight" in Speeches; Trump Lawyer: "All Robust Speech Should be Protected." Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• Trump Lawyers Criticize Impeachment Managers For Not Showing New Videos of Riots Sooner. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Team Starts Presenting Arguments; Trump Defense Arguments Expected to Take About Four Hours. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP; CNN Reports, Three GOP Senators Met with Trump's Lawyers Ahead of Defense Presentation; Democrats Debate Whether to Seek Another Form of Punishment Against Trump after Impeachment Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Resumes; Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP. Aired 11- 11:30a ET


February 11, 2021
• Impeachment Managers Finish Presenting Case, Trump Lawyers Next. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET.
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump; CNN: 15 Empty GOP Seats During Points of Impeachment Testimony; Trump Impeachment Trial Resumes. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage of the Senate Impeachment Trial; House Managers Argue Trump Fomented Culture of Violence; Trump Lawyer David Schoen Appears on "Fox News" During Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET.
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Team To Start Presenting Arguments Friday; House Managers Present Video Evidence In Case Against Trump; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Managers to Finish Presenting Their Case Today; Sources Say, Trump's Defense Team Expects to Finish Their Arguments by Friday Night. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Resume Their Case Against Trump; Pelosi Speaks As Impeachment Managers Prepare to Resume Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET


February 10, 2021
• The Second Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump; Impeachment Managers Lay Out Timeline Of Capitol Insurrection. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two; Impeachment Managers Lay Out Timeline of Capitol Insurrection. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Soon: House Managers to Show New Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Former President Donald Trump; House Managers Chronicle Trump's Pressure Campaign to Overturn Election. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• President's Attorneys Did Not Present Strong Case Yesterday; House Impeachment Managers to Present Capitol Security Footage Today; Live Coverage of Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Soon, House Impeachment Managers to Show New Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• The Second Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Donald Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Present Their Case Against Trump; Soon: House Managers To Use New Capitol Security Footage; Historical Trial For Trump's Second Impeachment Resumes; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Source Says, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is Leaving Door Open to Trump Conviction; Security on High Alert at Capitol amid Impeachment Trial; CDC Says, Double Masking Can Block 92 Percent of Infectious Particles. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Present Their Case Against Trump; Prosecutors in Georgia Open Criminal Investigation of Trump Call. Aired 11-11:30a ET


February 09, 2021
• Day One Of Second Trump Impeachment Trial Makes History; Democrat House Managers Play Video Timeline Of Insurrection; Defense Lawyering Draws GOP Fire; "New York Times" Reports Trump's Anger Over Attorney's Performance; Senate Finds Donald Trump Impeachment Trial Constitutional On First Day Of Proceedings; Six GOP Senators Join Dems In The Vote; President Biden On Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump's Lawyers Argue Against Constitutionality of Trial. Aired. 3:30-4p ET.
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers President Case to Convict Trump; Soon, Trump's Attorneys Will Argue Against Constitutionality of Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins; House Managers and Trump Defense Debate Constitutionality of Trial. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump; House Managers, Trump Defense Debate Constitutionality of Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins. Aired. 1:30-2p ET.
• Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins; House Impeachment Managers Address Senate in Trump Trial; House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET


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