Former President Donald Trump’s article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, with the trail is slated to begin the next day, Democrats confirmed on Friday. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver the article of impeachment on Monday, CNN reported. 

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“I have spoken to Speaker Pelosi who informed me that the article will be delivered to the Senate on Monday,” Schumer said on the floor of the Senate.

The transmission of the impeachment article will trigger the start of the trial process, which will be held at 1 pm ET, Tuesday, unless the Senate agrees to further delay the trial. 

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell had earlier suggested moving the trial to mid-February to give Trump’s legal team time to prepare. 

Schumer also refuted Senate Republicans’ argument that the impeachment of a former president is unconstitutional, saying that there is legal precedence for doing so. 

“The Senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. It will be a full trial. It will be a fair trial. But make no mistake friends, there will be a trial, and when the trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the insurrection against the United States,” Schumer said. 

Last week, the House of Representatives paved the way for Trump’s trial by charging him for inciting the violence at the US Capitol on January 6. when an angry mob of his supporters stormed the building and interrupted a Congressional session to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory. 

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The riot lead to the death of four protesters and one Capitol policeman. 

McConnell on Friday said that Trump should be given a “full and fair” trial to defend his impeachment. 

“This impeachment began with an unprecedentedly fast and minimal process over in the House. The sequel cannot be an insufficient senate process that denies former President Trump his due process or damages the Senate or the presidency itself,” he said.