House to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate next week

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaks at the White House in Washington. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaks at the White House in Washington. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

Published Jan 10, 2020

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Washington - Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of

Representatives, on Friday said the House will move next week to

transfer articles of impeachment to the Senate for President Donald

Trump's trial.

The top House Democrat said she told Judiciary Committee Chairman

Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring a resolution to the floor next

week to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the

Senate.

In Friday's statement to her Democratic colleagues, she added that

she would consult with them on Tuesday on how to proceed.

Last month, Trump became the third president in US history to be

impeached by the House of Representatives. The Democrat-controlled

chamber voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and

obstruction of Congress over his handling of military aid to Ukraine.

The Republican-controlled Senate is set to conduct the impeachment

trial and then vote to determine whether Trump should be removed from

office or acquitted.

Pelosi has held the articles of impeachment from being sent to the

Senate, saying she wants guarantees from Republicans about the

conduct of the trial, including whether witnesses will be introduced,

before transferring the articles.

She has not received such assurances from Republicans. Mitch

McConnell, the majority leader in the Senate, has said he wants to

determine if witnesses will testify after both sides have presented

their case.

dpa

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