BREAKING: In a letter to colleagues, Speaker Pelosi announces an update to her plans for the articles of impeachment against President Trump.
In the letter, Pelosi also sharply criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for actions that she said show his partiality toward the president. McConnell has said he has enough Republican votes in the Senate to move forward with his plan for thewithout the support of Democrats, who have been demanding witness testimony. He has also said that he is working in coordination with the White House counsel in preparation for the trial.
"For weeks now, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been engaged in tactics of delay in presenting transparency, disregard for the American people’s interest for a fair trial and dismissal of the facts," Pelosi said. "Leader McConnell’s tactics are a clear indication of the fear that he and President Trump have regarding the facts of the president’s violations for which he was impeached," she added.and explicitly said she wouldn’t hold them “indefinitely,” but pressure had been building on her from within her own party as well as from Republicans to transmit them.
McConnell added to that pressure when he said Thursday that he supports a resolution offered by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that would allow for the dismissal of the articles if Pelosi decided not to send them over. McConnell has said that the first phase of the trial would include"arguments from the prosecution, arguments from the defense" and a"period of written questions" submitted by senators of both parties.
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