Headline Roundup • December 19th, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi May Delay Senate Impeachment Trial
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Washington Times
House Democratic leaders on Wednesday said they were not in a rush to hand off impeachment to the Senate, demanding a fair process.
“The question is now whether Senator McConnell will allow a fair trial in the Senate,” House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff said. “A trial that should be fair to the president, yes, but should be fair also to the American people.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the next step for the House — naming impeachment managers — cannot occur until they know what...
Expressing concerns about a potentially unfair trial, the House speaker would not commit to a timeline for sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Expressing concerns about the potential bias of a Senate impeachment trial, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she would not immediately be transmitting the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate.
“We’re not sending it tonight,” Pelosi told reporters shortly after the House voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The House leader would...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Pelosi weighs delaying delivery of articles of impeachment to Senate until Republicans set trial rules she considers fair.
The morning after the House voted along party lines to impeach President Trump, it was uncertain when and under what procedures the Senate would conduct his trial.
The House on Wednesday approved abuse-of-power and obstruction-of-Congress articles against Mr. Trump in the wake of his pressing Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Nearly all Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), supported the...
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