The leverage is 51 votes. The leverage is people doing their responsibility under the constitutional framework of checks and balance. The leverage is the oath we're going to take at the start of the trial, where we pledge to do impartial justice.
Merkley outlines the leverage Democrats have in the Senate regarding the impeachment trial.
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