Pelosi also confirmed that the House will vote on sending the articles of impeachment later in the day, setting in motion a Senate Trial on the President’s conviction and removal from office.
The House of Representatives impeached the President in December on two counts of “high crimes and misdemeanors”: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. “An impeachment that will last forever,” Pelosi said on Wednesday.
Pelosi had delayed delivering the articles to the Senate, promising she would deliver the articles once she felt they would get a fair trial in the Senate. Pelosi addressed this delay on Wednesday, arguing it has been the Democrats’ “friend” because it allowed for the discovery of more evidence. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been open about working with the White House, has yes to promise the trial would include witnesses, and the the rules of the trial have yet to be announced.
“This is the test of the Constitution,” Rep. Nadler said. “The Senate is intended by the Constitution to conduct a fair trial. The American people know that in a trial you present witnesses, you prevent the evidence.”
