Pelosi will send impeachment articles to Senate next week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will begin sending the Senate two articles impeaching President Trump after stalling for weeks in an effort to force Republicans to call witnesses.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, will soon call up a vote on a resolution authorizing her to appoint Democratic lawmakers to serve as “impeachment managers” in the Senate trial, she told fellow Democrats Friday.
"I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate," she wrote. "I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further. "
Those lawmakers will hand-deliver the articles to the Senate, and a trial is expected to begin almost immediately and could last several weeks.
House Democrats passed two articles impeaching Trump on December 19. The articles charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his decision to temporarily block $391 million in security aid to Ukraine while trying to coerce government officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic party officials.
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