Ep. 135: Impeachment Trials, Explained

Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 5 a.m.

Donald Trump has been impeached, but what comes next is increasingly unclear as lawmakers squabble over the terms of a Senate trial that could potentially remove him from office. What is an impeachment trial supposed to look like? And how have they been arranged in the past? Joining us this week to break it all down is Norm Ornstein, a congressional expert and scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Also this week: Ikea pays $46M to settle litigation over dangerous furniture; a class action over the hacking scandal involving Amazon\u2019s Ring home security system; and a judge is suspended over accusations of a courthouse m\xe9nage \xe0 trois.