Impeachment took on a solemn, ceremonial tone as the seven House impeachment managers walked to the Senate side of the Capitol to deliver the articles of impeachment
said moments earlier, before she sat at a desk labeled with the hashtag #defendourdemocracy and signed the articles during what is known as an engrossment ceremony. Members crowded around her as she wrote her name with multiple pens, all of which were handed out to mark the occasion.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Doug Collins blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for what they said was a rushed process to impeach Trump last month, only to delay sending the articles to the Senate for nearly a month. Still, in the weeks since the House vote to impeach, Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, has said that he is willing to testify in a Senate trial. On Tuesday, House Democrats disclosed new evidence that was provided to them by Lev Parnas, the former associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Among the documents were records suggesting that there may have been effort to conduct surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared with the seven House members at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The impeachment managers include Rep. Adam Schiff , Jerry Nadler , Zoe Lofgren , Hakeem Jeffries , Val Demings , Jason Crow and Sylvia Garcia . All will be in the spotlight when the Senate begins the impeachment trial, expected to start next week. Schiff will serve as lead manager, after he took the lead role in the House’s impeachment inquiry.
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