House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will 'soon' transmit the articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump, but warned that Senate Republicans are rushing to acquittal without a fair trial.
Published Thursday, January 9, 2020 11:52AM EST
Pelosi said she's waiting for what she wanted from the start -- "to see the arena" and "terms of the engagement" that McConnell will use -- before sending her House managers to present the articles of impeachment in the Senate. "They do not get to trap our entire country into an unending groundhog day of impeachment without resolution," McConnell said as he opened the Senate.
McConnell, who met with Trump late Wednesday at the White House, suggested last month it would be "fine with me" if the House never sent the articles. More recently, he has drawn on the Constitution's intent for the Senate to have the ultimate say on matters of impeachment. He scoffed that Pelosi has `'managed to do the impossible" by uniting Democrats and Republicans who want the trial to begin.
Senators from both sides are eager to serve as jurors for Trump's day in court. The trial will be conducted in the Senate, where Republicans have a thin majority. Another 2020 hopeful, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said: "Those articles will come over here for a vote in due time."
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