Senate’s 2020 Hopefuls Map Out How to Navigate Impeachment Trial

  • Trial could take Democrats off campaign trail for weeks
  • Klobuchar says husband, daughter will be campaign surrogates
Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry a Disgrace to the U.S.
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The Senate’s five Democratic White House hopefuls are preparing for a new campaign challenge: running for president while stuck in Washington for an impeachment trial that could last weeks.

With the House looking poised to vote to impeach President Donald Trump by the end of December, the Senate’s impeachment proceedings could begin in January -- just weeks before the ballots are cast in early-voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.