Pelosi to name impeachment managers, House to vote on sending articles to Senate.
Though the House voted to impeach Trump in December, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Pelosi withheld delivering the charges to the Senate until Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell outlined the rules of the trial and committed to bringing key witnesses before the Senate to testify, including former White House national security adviserSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meets with reporters as the House prepares to send the articles of impeachment against...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meets with reporters as the House prepares to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 14, 2020.While McConnell resisted Pelosi's pressure campaign, a number of Senate Republicans have expressed interest in voting to hear from witnesses after the initial opening arguments.
"The American people deserve the truth, and the Constitution demands a trial," Pelosi wrote in a statement released on Tuesday. Shortly after word came about the planned House vote, McConnell took to the Senate floor to lambaste what he called an"arbitrary" month-long delay in sending over the articles.of the several Senate Democrats running for president, forcing them to adjust their campaign schedules leading up to the Iowa caucuses early next month.Removal from office would require 67 senators voting in favor of conviction, constituting a simple majority of the body.
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