The House Speaker has faced mounting pressure from both Republicans and Democrats to deliver the articles to the Senate.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will send articles of impeachment to the Senate "when I'm ready."Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
"I'll send them over when I'm ready," Pelosi told reporters Thursday, revealing no signs that she planned to end her weeks-long effort to negotiate with the Republican-controlled chamber over the rules of Trump's impeachment trial. Pelosi faces mounting pressure not only from Republicans, but increasingly from her fellow Democrats, to deliver the articles, which would then permit the Senate to begin preparations for a trial.
The two articles of impeachment against the president stem from a monthslong campaign Trump orchestrated to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations into Trump's domestic political opponents. The pressure tactics allegedly included withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Trump was impeached on charges that he abused the power of the presidency, and obstructed Congress by prohibiting top administration officials from testifying about the Ukraine scheme.
Pelosi's decision to delay sending the articles was part of a strategy aimed at forcing concessions out of McConnell, chief among them, the ability to call witnesses.would move forward on Trump's impeachment trial without any Democratic supportIt's considered highly unlikely that two-thirds of the Senate will vote to convict and remove Trump from office. No Senate Republicans have said they support impeaching Trump.
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