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Who Are the Impeachment Managers Prosecuting Trump's Trial?

Megan Duzor

   The U.S. Senate will hold a historic second impeachment trial of former
   U.S. President Donald Trump this month, ending with a vote to determine
   if he is guilty of inciting the January 6 insurrection at the U.S.
   Capitol.

   The former president is facing a charge of "incitement of insurrection"
   in connection with the mob that invaded the Capitol as U.S. lawmakers
   met to certify the election results that put President Joe Biden in
   office.

   Here are the House Democrats who will make the case for impeachment:
   Impeachment Managers

   The impeachment managers are members of the U.S. House of
   Representatives who will present the case of impeachment against former
   President Trump in the Senate chamber.

   The nine managers take turns speaking, acting like prosecutors in a
   courtroom, with the goal to persuade two-thirds of the Senate, or 67
   lawmakers, to vote in favor of conviction. Trump faces a single count
   of incitement of insurrection for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol where
   lawmakers were in the process of certifying the Electoral College
   results from the 2020 presidential election.

   All nine of the Democratic managers are lawyers and all are new to the
   role, having not served as managers in the first impeachment trial of
   Trump in 2019, when the Senate acquitted the former president for
   obstruction of justice and abuse of power arising from Trump's request
   that Ukraine investigate then-candidate Joe Biden and his son.

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