Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 4:33 AM ET, Fri January 17, 2020
Lev Parnas arrives at federal court for an arraignment hearing on October 23, 2019 in New York City.
Washington (CNN) There’s nowhere left for Republicans senators to hide.
Come Tuesday, and the official start of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, it will become clear just how unpleasant the political price the GOP must pay to acquit their President of “high crimes and misdemeanors” will be.
The 53 GOP senators must sit in silence while House managers unspool an incriminating record of documents and witness testimony that alleges that Trump abused power to dig dirt on political opponents in Ukraine, including former vice president Joe Biden.
Thus far, many GOP senators have tried to dodge questions about the President’s conduct, professed they weren’t really watching House impeachment dramas or warned that as jurors it would be inappropriate to wax on about a case they hadn’t yet heard.
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