Trump Senate Impeachment Trial: Time, How to Watch, Live Stream as Opening Arguments Continue

Senators are looking at another long day in the Senate chamber as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial heads into its fourth day.

On Thursday, House impeachment managers, acting as the prosecutors of the case, will continue their opening arguments for the second day. Managers are expected to spend the beginning of Thursday focused on Article One of Trump's impeachment, abuse of power, according to The Washington Post.

The trial is scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. EST and could last until 9 p.m. or later, depending on breaks. Each side has 24 hours for opening arguments, split over the course of three days, so its possible managers could plead their case for the entirety of Thursday's session and continue on Friday.

Those interested in catching all or part of the action can tune in online and on television through C-SPAN 2. C-SPAN will also broadcast the trial on its radio channel. Those who prefer to go the YouTube route can watch through Fox News, which had a live stream set up on its page.

On Wednesday, Adam Schiff, the lead House manager, began arguing the case against Trump, saying that the president's conduct on July 24, 25 and 26 was "grounds for removal." On July 25, Trump spoke with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone, a call that was integral to Democrats launching an impeachment inquiry in September.

Trump maintains there was nothing improper about the call, repeatedly labeling it "perfect." But Democrats claim transcripts show his asking Zelenskiy to "look into" former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, amounted to him soliciting help from a foreign entity to influence the 2020 presidential election.

If Trump attempted to use his presidential powers to "cheat" in the 2020 election, as Schiff claims he did, the representative said legislators couldn't leave it up to voters to decide in November.

"For we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won," Schiff told senators.

Representatives Jerry Nadler and Zoe Lofgren also had a turn at the podium on Wednesday. Nadler was tasked with illustrating the orchestration of the "scheme" and Lofgren shared a narrative on what occurred after news broke about aid to Ukraine being frozen. Trump is accused of withholding congressionally-approved aid to Ukraine in exchange for the announcement of an investigation into the Bidens.

Throughout Schiff's comments, he emphasized a need to call additional witnesses, a possibility that's caused tension between the two sides of the aisle. Democrats claim witnesses are crucial to the trial, but, per trial rules set during a marathon session on Tuesday, the issue can only be taken up after opening arguments.