McConnell to Pelosi: You can keep your impeachment articles – By Susan Ferrechio (Washington Examiner) / Dec 19 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he wouldn’t negotiate the terms of a Senate trial with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is threatening to withhold the articles of impeachment.
“It’s beyond me how the speaker and Democratic leader in the Senate think withholding the articles of impeachment and not sending them over gives them leverage,” McConnell told reporters Thursday. “Frankly, I’m not anxious to have the trial.”
Pelosi said Thursday she plans to send the House-passed impeachment articles to the Senate as soon as lawmakers strike a deal on how to conduct a trial.
“The next thing for us will be when we see the process that is set forth in the Senate,” Pelosi said. “Then, we’ll know the number of monitors that we may have to go forward.”
Pelosi must appoint Democratic lawmakers to serve as managers to prosecute the case in the Senate.
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