Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Sekou JeffriesPelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief Races heat up for House leadership posts Postmaster general earned millions from company with ties to Postal Service: report MORE (D-N.Y.) provided the Senate impeachment trial with a humorous anecdote early Thursday evening, jokingly suggesting that they should subpoena the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeffries, one of the seven House managers for the trial, told the chamber that he was approached by a man in earlier in the day who asked the congressman if he was aware of the "latest outrage."

Unsure of what the man was talking about, Jeffries asked the man to elaborate. The man responded: "Someone voted against Derek Jeter on his Hall of Fame ballot."

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The story drew a good amount of a laughter from the Senate chamber and breathed a moment of levity into the impeachment trial, which has largely been a solemn affair.

Lighter moment during the #ImpeachmentTrial courtesy of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who represents parts of Brooklyn & Queens: "Perhaps we can all agree to subpoena the Baseball Hall of Fame to try to figure out...who voted against Derek Jeter." https://t.co/JJ08eKBcYw pic.twitter.com/1tzXdhFv1n — Heather Monahan (@HeatherMonahan_) January 23, 2020

"Certainly we hope we can subpoena [former national security advisor] John Bolton John BoltonDiplomacy with China is good for America The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep DOJ launches probe into Bolton book for possible classified information disclosures MORE, subpoena [acting White House chief of staff] Mick Mulvaney Mick MulvaneyMick Mulvaney to start hedge fund Fauci says positive White House task force reports don't always match what he hears on the ground Bottom line MORE, but perhaps we can all agree to subpoena the Baseball Hall of Fame," Jeffries joked.

Jeffries represents portions of Brooklyn and Queens. Jeter, who was elected into Cooperstown earlier this week, was the New York Yankees' longtime shortstop. Out of the 397 baseball writers who voted for the Hall of Fame this year, only one person left Jeter off their ballot.

The House managers are on their second day of opening arguments. They have the rest of Thursday and then all of Friday to complete their opening statements.