Article snippet: Senate Majority Leader MORE’s impeachment trial to start next week. Three GOP senators said the Republican leader warned lawmakers during the caucus meeting that they should not expect to be able to go home next weekend, indicating that the long-delayed trial will be underway. Proceedings have been held up while Speaker but she told reporters earlier Thursday that she would “soon” do so. "We thought, we as the body, that the Speaker will ... shortly send that over, so [he] said next weekend don't go anywhere," said Sen. MORE (R-Ala.), characterizing McConnell's message as a heads-up that the Senate would be in session. Sen. MORE, without explanation, that he expects the trial to start next week. "Hats off to Mitch McConnell for playing this very well. We'll take the trial up next week," Graham said on Wednesday night. Sens. MORE (Texas), members of GOP leadership, both confirmed McConnell's comments during the closed-door caucus but cautioned that they had also expected the standoff between Pelosi and McConnell to already be over. "It's an assumption of what we believe will happen," Blunt said. "I believe we're believing, as we believed last weekend, that these documents are about to come over." The timing of the trial, just weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses, could pose a challenge for the five senators seeking the Democratic presidential nomination: MORE (D-Mass.). Democratic National Committee Chairman said this week that the party could reschedule the ye... Link to the full article to read more