The Senate today concluded the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump without an conviction. What is slightly surprising when one compares a trial in the courts with this trial in the Senate is the absence of jury deliberation.
In a court trial, the jurors would sit and discuss the evidence they had heard during the trial; but that didn't happen here. Of course, logistically with a jury of 100 it is far more difficult to replicate the process of deliberation, but it appears not to be "required" of the jurors in an impeachment. I am speculating that this was something that would have had to have been negotiated between Sens. Schumer and McConnell in setting up the structure of the trial.
Would it have made a difference had a way been found for them to do so? In the highly partisan atmosphere in Washington, it seems unlikely; but I suppose it's just possible that it might have.
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