More than a dozen House Democrats are looking ahead to a potential Senate trial, jockeying for a spot on the high-profile team of lawmakers that will formally present their case for impeachment.
, D-Calif., a member of both the Judiciary and Intelligence committees. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is a former constitutional law professor. Both are seen by colleagues as potential managers.against the president .
Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and David Cicilline, D-R.I., are members of the Judiciary Committee, and attorneys who have worked on party messaging around impeachment as members of Pelosi’s leadership team. “You do need to tell a story to some degree,” Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, a former trial lawyer and Clinton impeachment manager, told ABC News. “One that is convincing and persuasive.”A news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 10, 2019.To build a geographic diverse team, Pelosi could also elect to pull in Democrats from the South and Midwest, such as Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., a former Orlando police chief, or Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., who served as an assistant attorney general in the Illinois attorney general’s office. The Democrats’ team could also include members from across the political spectrum: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a member of the Judiciary Committee, is a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee, is a leader of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. As speaker, Pelosi has elevated members of the freshman class to leadership positions, and could seek to represent some of the historic 2018 class in the impeachment trial. Many of the freshman Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, including Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Madeline Dean, D-Penn., have impressed colleagues in the impeachment hearings. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference on Dec. 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference on Dec. 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.Pelosi could also enlist veteran lawmakers whose experience could serve Democrats well in a Senate trial: Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, is on her third presidential impeachment, after serving as a committee aide during the Watergate scandal against former President Richard Nixon, and on the panel during Clinton’s impeachment. If Pelosi knows who she’ll select for the job, she’s keeping it tightly held. Democrats and some members of her leadership team are still in the dark.She could announce the team of managers as early as next week, when the House is expected to take up the impeachment
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