Trial By Fire!

Swearing in.

On Thursday, members of the U.S. Senate were sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, pledging under oath to act as impartial jurors and to consider all the evidence fairly.

With Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) out on a family emergency, the remaining 99 U.S. Senators signed off a pledge to be an impartial juror in the trial of President Donald J. Trump.

Four senators currently running for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are now off the campaign trail to focus on the trial.

The Articles of Impeachment were delivered to the U.S. Senate today and the seven impeachment managers are preparing for the trial.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is known as the Grim Ripper of the Senate. Actually, he's the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate but he has been the No. 1 reason for things not getting done.

Members of the House send the Articles of Impeachment to the U.S. Senate.

He has been called into question this month for his blatant partisanship. After his appearance on Sean 'Softball" Hannity's shitshow, McConnell's collaboration with the White House forced Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from signing off the Articles of Impeachment.

The House Speaker withheld the Articles from the Senate citing that Republicans won't abide by the terms that were being laid out by the Democrats. The evidence and witnesses involved have signaled their cooperation.

Lev Parnas went to Rachel Maddow to offer more damaging information about Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Attorney General William Barr, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), John "Deep State" Solomon, Rudy Giuliani and "Softball" Hannity.

McConnell and about 45 Republican senators have called this a show. Utah Senator Mitt Romney, Utah Senator Mike Lee, Maine Senator Susan Collins, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, Ohio Senator Rob Portman are going to be on the fence. However, they'll vote not to remove him. We already see the writing on the wall.

Chuck Schumer and 43 Democrats have already made up their minds. They will vote to remove Trump from office. The Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, Alabama Senator Doug Jones will be the Democrats who might not vote to remove Trump. They have been useless so far despite progressives donating to their campaigns.

Now under threat of prosecution, the Senators must conduct this trial fair. They can dictate what witnesses are needed. However, it's clearly up to McConnell on how this is conducted.