Mayorkas impeachment headed toward Senate graveyard

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17. "Is the Senate required to hold a trial?"

The Constitution basically says that the Senate has the power to try, but doesn't explicitly seem to require that they DO "try". I.e., the Senate handles that whole process based on what they have set forth in their Rules. Outside of a critical office holder like a President, most Senate impeachment reviews/trials are done in smaller Committees - but that is one of those "Rules" things with respect to having an option to "send to Committee" (a special one or one "of the Whole" as is normally done with Presidential impeachments), or even consider a motion to dismiss.

I think the "base" requirement is that the Senate "accepts" the impeachment announcement from the House and will host the House's Impeachment Managers who would present their case. After that, they decide how to proceed further.