The House has voted to send the impeachment articles against President Trump to the Senate, which is expected to begin a trial next week
WASHINGTON – The House voted Wednesday to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial, and to name the seven lawmakers who will prosecute him.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said the trial is necessary because Trump"gravely abused the power of his office when he strong-armed a foreign government to announce investigations" into his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. But Republicans blasted the impeachment and called it unjustified, unfair and entirely political. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, blasted Democrats for calling the accusations against Trump “a crime spree in progress” and that the president would be “impeached for life.”House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., called the impeachment the “fastest, weakest and thinnest” in American history.
"Today is an important day," Pelosi said. “The emphasis is making the strongest possible case to protect and defend our Constitution, to seek the truth for the American people.”Trump at the White House praised his Republican defenders while noting the looming House vote to send the articles of impeachment to the SenateHe commended House Republicans for voting unanimously against his impeachment.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the vote would be in the afternoon, after 10 minutes of debate. Pelosi will sign the resolution at 5 p.m. and have the managers walk it across the Capitol to the Senate after that. "This is a test of the Constitution," Nadler said of the accusations that Trump stonewalled the investigation by directing agencies and aides to defy subpoenas for testimony and documents. "The question is: Does the Senate conduct the trial according to Constitution to vindicate the republic or does the Senate participate in the president’s crimes by covering them up?"
McConnell said Wednesday that House Democrats have"taken a dangerous road" by weaponizing impeachment because they wanted to remove Trump, not because of any dispute over Ukraine policy or military spending. McConnell said any future president could be threatened by impeachment for policy differences with Congress.
A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to convict Trump, which is considered unlikely because Republicans outnumber Democrats 53 to 47 in the Senate. But a simple majority will settle contentious issues such as whether to subpoena witnesses or documents for new information.
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