Asked if he would support witness testimony in the impeachment trial, President Trump says, 'I'm going to leave it to the Senate,' but adds that he's 'like to hear' from the whistleblower, Rep Adam Schiff, Hunter Biden and Joe Biden.
January 9, 2020, 4:22 PMSpeaker Nancy Pelosi addressed claims that Senate Republicans might want to dismiss and said “dismiss equals cover-up.”articles to the Senate in order to begin President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, after a weekslong standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the terms of the Senate proceedings.
When asked about Democratic arguments that the impeachment, passed three weeks ago, was urgent, she replied:"I think we should move smartly and strategically" Pelosi pushed back on McConnell's claims that the rules for a Trump trial would mirror President Bill Clinton's trial. noting that was reached in a unanimous agreement while McConnell says Republicans have the votes to proceed without any Democratic support.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks ahead of a House vote on a war powers resolution and amid the stalemate surrounding the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, as she addresses her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2020. “If we’re going to do it, she should send them over,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said. “I don’t see what good delay does.”
"At the end of the day like we control it in the House, Mitch McConnell controls it in the Senate. I think it was perfectly advisable for them to leverage that, get a better deal. At this point doesn't look like that's going to happen," he said in an appearance on CNN."And yes, I think it is time to send the impeachment to the Senate and let Mitch McConnell be responsible for the fairness of the trial.
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