No cellphones, no talking in Senate

Washington, January 19

No cellphones. No talking. No escape. That’s the reality during the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, which will begin each day with a proclamation: “All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment.”

After that, 100 senators will sit at their desks for hours on end to hear from House prosecutors, Trump’s defense team and possibly a series of witnesses. The normally chummy senators won't even be allowed to talk at length to people nearby or walk on certain areas of the Senate floor. They will sit focused on the issue at hand. — PTI