NEW: Sen. Mitch McConnell says "the House is likely to finally send the articles over to us tomorrow," allowing Senate to take steps "which would set us up to begin the actual trial next Tuesday." abcn.ws/2NGlaDd | ABC News Live

Senator Mitch McConnell on: "Now their slapdash process has concluded in the first purely partisan presidential impeachment since the wake of the Civil War." Full video: https://cs.pn/2r8te7r | C-SPAN

Any such inquiry must be conducted by the highest standards of fairness and due process. But thus far, this time around, instead of setting a high bar, House Democrats seem determined to set a new low…“No due process now, maybe some later, but only if we feel like it” is not a standard that should ever be applied to any American. And it should not be applied here to the president of the United States. https://bit.ly/2peUujT | Senator Mitch McConnell