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The president, the process would head to senate for a trial with the chief justice of the supreme court residing. there hasn t been such a proceeding since 1998. our capitol hill senior producer chad pergram explains how an impeachment trial could work today. reporter: the constitution says little about how the senate conducts an impeachment trial. article i, section six of the constitution says the senate, quote, has the sole power to try impeachments. the chief justice presides, and it takes a two-thirds vote to convict. under the impeachment rules of the senate, we ll take the matter up. the chief justice will be in the chair. we intend to do our constitutional responsibility. reporter: but on cnbc, mcconnell took a different tack. i would have no choice but to take it up. how long you re on it is a whole different matter. reporter: i ve covered mitch mcconnell for a long time now. i ve learned to parse his language. he usually says exactly what he means. the senate would ....