1/ House Democratic managers began formal arguments in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, presenting the case for convicting Trump and removing him from office on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. During opening arguments, House managers outlined how “Trump solicited foreign inference� to “cheat� by abusing “the powers of his office� and “seeking help from abroad to improve his reelection prospects at home.� And, when Trump “was caught, he used the powers of that office to obstruct the investigation into his own misconduct.� Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called Trump’s efforts to get a foreign government to announce an investigation into his political rival “a gross abuse of power,� urging Republicans to “protect our democracy� by joining Democrats in voting to remove Trump from office. Throughout the day, Schiff and impeachment managers methodically outlined Trump’s “corrupt scheme and cover-up,� calling on Senators to “decide what kind of democracy […] we ought to be� and what Americans can expect “in the conduct of their president.� Schiff closed the day by rehashing the facts of the case as presented over the last eight hours, urging senators to learn the “full truth� and warning that the “truth is going to come out.� (Associated Press / New York Times / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Politico / Politico / New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / CNN / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Politico / The Guardian)

WHAT’S NEXT: Starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, the Senate will meet again to hear House managers present their arguments for why Trump should be removed from office. The managers will present their case for about eight hours.

READ: Adam Schiff’s opening argument at Senate impeachment trial. (Politico)

Trump tweeted more than 140 times as House managers presented their case in his impeachment trial, surpassing his mid-December record for the most daily tweets and retweets during his presidency. (