The earliest a Senate trial could start, given Pelosi's announcement today, is Wednesday by jonward11
Pelosi said the House will vote on a resolution to formally transmit the articles after she meets with all House Democrats at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Pelosi’s announcement came one day after she said she would not let go of the articles until Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released details of how the trial will be conducted. The decision to announce she will send the articles was a concession that further delay was politically untenable in light of objections from Senate Democrats earlier this week.
Senators do have a pretty good sense of what the rules will be, though. McConnell has said for some time that he wants to use the same rules that governed the 1999 Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Clinton, a Democrat who was impeached by the House for lying about a sexual affair with a White House intern, was acquitted after a five-week-long trial.
Senate rules dictate that a trial must start as soon as the House sends over articles of impeachment. Pelosi has held the articles back in part to pressure McConnell to commit to calling witnesses in the Senate. McConnell has steadfastly refused to tip his hand before the trial starts, citing the precedent of the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.
The House on Dec. 18 impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But Pelosi surprised everyone by announcing she would not immediately send the articles to the Senate. That left the impeachment in limbo over the holidays.
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