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..."My understanding is that the resolution will give the president's team the option to either move to judgment or to move to dismiss at a meaningful time..." Hawley added that in the most recent draft of the organizing resolution he saw there was an option for the president's counsel to make a motion in multiple places, including at the beginning of the proceedings.
...A Republican leadership aide responded: "The White House has the right to make motions under the regular order, including a motion to dismiss, right after the resolution is adopted because a motion to dismiss is a motion permitted by the impeachment rules."
...Hawley also said he worries that if Trump doesn't have the option to move to dismiss or move to judgment then Adam Schiff would have too much control over the trial.
...The state of play: There have been multiple indications - including from McConnell himself - that the Senate will not vote to dismiss the charges of impeachment against the president.
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