“The American people deserve the truth, and the Constitution demands a trial,” said Pelosi during her press conference
Representative Jerrold Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Representative Adam Schiff at a press conference Wednesday.The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, ending a weeks-long standoff between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Lawmakers largely voted on party lines, with the Democrat-controlled House having the votes necessary to move the articles—but one Democrat voted against it. The vote occurred after a short debate, essentially putting into motion a long-expected formality in thePelosi announced seven impeachment managers—House Democrats who will act as prosecutors in the Senate trial—in an earlier press conference Wednesday.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, along with Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Val Demings, Jason Crow and Sylvia Garcia, will serve as managers during the Senate trial. The articles should be formally delivered to the Senate Thursday afternoon in what’s known as an “engrossment ceremony,” with Pelosi and the impeachment managers walking the documents from one end of the U.S. Capitol to the other.
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