White House and Senate GOP coordinating on impeachment trial

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has discussed details of how a potential impeachment trial will work with the White House. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid and National Journal Senate reporter Zach Cohen joined CBSN to discuss the next steps in impeachment and the rest of the week's political news.

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[RagaSHOT]

Since when does the jury and the defendant get to coordinate ahead of time for the stated purpose of exonerating the defendant?

[mistery-ed]

Once upon a time there were three separate branches of government.

[JeremySeanHector]

What was Mitch thinking by openly admitting this? Its a very bad look and he doesnt care

[wfoley]

This says one thing... Alll GOP needs to go in November

[fancybrooks]

Moscow Mitch colluding with the impeached official is wrong every way you look at it! Both Mitch and Lindsey should recuse themselves from participating in the impeachment trial. Neither can, in good conscience, take that oath which they must swear, to be impartial jurists.

[dennyonsurez]

That should be illegal for senate to talk to White House about, it’s like a judge getting with a defendant before a trail to discuss vest way to approach trail to get them off, smh

[mprevis]

"I can do whatever I want" you do that girl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Joseph-rowq]

This is a blatant disregard for our intelligence. They no longer care about hiding their corruption. When I say "their", that pertains to both political parties- Our political system is broken and yet we (the people), continue to allow this to happen. We are getting what we deserve (a comedy show with world wide bad reviews).

[lendmeyourear]

He won’t do whatever they want him to. He likes to say he’ll do something knowing that he can blame his attorneys telling him not to.

[lolok]

Who will argue for the president? Please let it be Giuliani 🤞

[zrebbesh]

Since when do we allow juries to coordinate their strategy with the defendant?

[VB-lzcx]

How can this guy go straight to the WH? What kind of a system is this? What a circus.

[ricmora]

The jury foreman is coordinating closely with the accused. How could this possibly be considered a fair trial?

[richiereynaga]

Make Rudy Gulliani the lawyer
and the witness 😂😂😂

[bl]

Reminds me of the the time the DNC coordinated with the Clinton campaign...and that time that the whistleblower coordinated with Adam Schiff before submitting his complaint.

[juanpardell]

A very simple question: Why did Trump have zero reservation in providing aid to Ukraine during the first two years of his administration, then all of a sudden have a problem with releasing those funds during his third year?

[chargingbadger_]

Imagine a jury saying they’re voting with the defendant before the trial. Smh!

[gerttopmuller]

I don’t get what the problem is. It has already been established that many senators find the presidents behavior acceptable, so it would be weird not to coordinate strategies. Even in a less partisan climate this would be a natural step.

[johnbrown]

I like Donald but love America better. I hope he gets kicked out and the party finally starts. I been in line waiting for years!!

[andrewwheeler]

Unfortunately this is pointless, the senate will not let this happen.