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Resolution to Send Impeachment to Senate Could Be Introduced Next Week: Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) laid out timing for the introduction of a resolution that will..

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January 11, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) laid out timing for the introduction of a resolution that will appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for the first time.

Pelosi has withheld the articles from the Senate since House Democrats impeached Trump on Dec. 18, 2019, angering many conservatives.

In a letter to House Democrats on Jan. 10, Pelosi informed them that shed told House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to introduce the resolution next week.

“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 said.

Managers will present the Houses case against Trump to the Senate, which hears impeachment cases. Trump was impeached for obstruction of Congress and abuse of office.

The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to acquit Trump, helping him avoid becoming the first president in history to be removed from office. A simple majority vote is required to dismiss the case; a supermajority is required for conviction.

Pelosi has repeatedly declined to say when shed transmit the articles to the Senate, causing growing consternation even within her own party. Multiple Democratic lawmakers said this week that the articles should be submitted, though a few later walked back their comments.

Pelosi said in the letter that “new information” emerged since the House voted to impeach Trump, including emails obtained from the White House by the Just Security organization and a statement from ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton, who said he was prepared to comply if the Senate issued a subpoena for him to testify in a Senate trial.

“I am very proud of the courage and patriotism exhibited by our House Democratic Caucus as we support and defend the Constitution,” Pelosi said, before revealing her instructions to Nadler.