The role of the House is to act as the grand jury and the prosecutor, and the actual trial takes place over in the Senate.
Jamie Raskin: “The role of the House is to act as the grand jury and the prosecutor, and the actual trial takes place over in the…”
On the recordDecember 16, 2019
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Raskin explains the House's role in the impeachment process.
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