Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she didn't "think there’s much more to be gained" by continuing to delay the proceedings.
WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats are signaling they’re ready to begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to withhold the articles of impeachment in her standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the rules governing the proceedings.
In a letter to her colleagues on Tuesday, Pelosi said she wants to see how the Senate plans to run Trump’s trial before she transmits the articles charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The gambit is part of a Democratic effort to ensure that the GOP-led Senate runs a fair trial that includes witnesses like John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser.
“Speaker Pelosi wanted ‘leverage’ to reach into the Senate and dictate our trial proceedings to us. I’ve made clear from the beginning that no such ‘leverage’ exists. It’s nonexistent. And yesterday we made it clear it will never exist,” McConnell said in a floor speech on Wednesday.
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