The Democratic-led House voted to impeach Trump on Dec. 18, but the exact timing for a Senate trial on the charges against him isn’t clear.
As Congress gets back to work this week, top Republican and Democratic lawmakers are indicating that they remain deadlocked over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
McConnell added that if House Democrats “ever muster the courage to stand behind their slapdash work product and transmit their articles to the Senate, it will then be time for the United States Senate to fulfill our founding purpose.” Schumer argued that the case for calling witnesses has only gotten stronger since last month, pointing to developments such as a report that a Trump official wrote in an email that the president was giving “clear direction” to hold up aid to Ukraine.
“Leader McConnell is doubling down on his violation of his oath, even after the exposure of new, deeply incriminating documents this week,” she said in a statement on Friday. Pelosi called for the Senate to “immediately proceed in a manner worthy of the Constitution.” On the Republican side, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina suggested Sunday that the Senate could change its rules so it could start an impeachment trial without having received the articles, and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri also has proposed a rule change in an effort to force House Democrats to send over the articles or risk having them dismissed.
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