Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the House will send the Senate the Trump impeachment article on Monday to start a trial.

The Senate on Friday confirmed Lloyd Austin as the nation's first Black defense secretary, the second nominee of President Joe Biden to be confirmed by the chamber.

The impeachment article charging former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection at the U.S.

Capitol will be sent to the Senate on Monday, triggering the impeachment trial process, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on the Senate floor Friday morning.

Schumer said it was still unclear how long the trial will last and when it will begin in earnest, issues he is still discussing with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

"But make no mistake, a trial will be held in the United States Senate, and there will be a vote whether to convict the president," Schumer said.

Senate leaders continued Friday to negotiate the timing of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, who has hired a lead defense lawyer to represent him.

"At this time of strong political passions, Senate Republicans believe it is absolutely imperative that we do not allow a half-baked process to short-circuit the due process that former President Trump deserves or damage the Senate or the presidency," McConnell said in a statement.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office said it received McConnell's proposal, which aims to start the trial in the Senate chamber Feb

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she would send the article of impeachment to the Senate “soon.” Schumer, D-N.Y., said there will be a trial, but the timing is uncertain

The House impeached Trump Jan