The House has voted to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for a trial to decide whether he should be removed from office.
. The others are Clinton and, in 1868, Andrew Johnson. President Richard Nixon resigned before the House could impeach him.
Pelosi’s choices suggests an emphasis on professional experience and subject matter expertise. She nodded to the 2020 elections, choosing what House members said was “geographic diversity” by appointing managers from beyond Democrat-dominated states. Later Wednesday, the whole prosecution team will line up behind House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, who will be holding the articles in folders. The procession will walk through National Statuary Hall, past Pelosi’s office, across the Rotunda and to the doors of the Senate.The Senate then considers some mundane-sounding details, as well as some historic ones, according to the precedent of Clinton’s impeachment trial.
But it takes 51 of 100 senators to do almost anything during a trial, and even Republican senators have rejected the idea of a dismissal.Former national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to testify if subpoenaed, and some Republicans have been meeting privately to guarantee that witnesses can be called. With a 53-seat Republican majority, four GOP senators would have to vote with all Democrats to reach the 51-vote threshold.
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