The House Managers made their last Hail Mary call for Trump’s removal in their closing arguments on Monday. The president’s lawyers still say he did absolutely nothing wrong ever. And the Senate has gotten bored and is ready to hear themselves talk again now, thanks much.

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The Senate on Friday afternoon said that witnesses are for squares and chumps, who needs them? Not an impeachment trial that’s who. And if you learn anything new about what the president did to pressure Ukraine? You keep it to yourself, buddy.

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Welp. There’s a brief pause in the Senate impeachment trial. We’ll have all the details about what the eff just happened for you in our next episode, but if the Senate gets a weekend, so do y’all.

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Thursday saw the last eight hours of the Senate’s question and answer session with the impeachment managers and the defense. We laughed, we cried, we learned a lot about what Alexander Hamilton thought about a lot of things. But all of that has led us to today, when the Senate votes on whether to allow witnesses to be called — or if we have the president’s acquittal in the next day or so.

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Phase II of the trial of...is that right? Phase III? Whatever, the next part of the impeachment trial began on Wednesday, with senators submitting questions in writing to the opposing camps. But like that one terrible dude at every Q&A session ever, the questions weren’t exactly subtle in the point they were making.

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The final day of presentations from Trump’s defense team was...brief. Very brief. And with the vote on whether to call witnesses in the trial looming and less certain than ever, things are getting tense. But it makes for a great new game that’s sweeping the nation!

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The second day of President Trump’s defense featured quite a few bizarro moments, including former Clinton impeachment investigator Ken Starr arguing against an impeachment this time around. Plus the latest on whether the Senate might vote to call John Bolton (or anyone else) as a witness.

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Trump’s defense offered their first preview of what’s to come in Saturday’s session and spoilers: the president is a perfect angel who has never done anything wrong ever. But John Bolton’s book may have something to say about that.

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The House Managers case came to a close on a day where a new tape emerged and the Secretary of State went off on a reporter. It was a wild Friday night and we have all the deets for you. Next up: the president’s defense.

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Republicans voted to hear no new evidence or witnesses, then complained they aren’t hearing anything new. Adam Schiff switched up the plan on the go. We take you through the twists and turns of another dramatic day in the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump.

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