Articles of impeachment against President Trump will be sent to the Senate next week, US House Speaker Pelosi says
The Senate side of the Capitol is seen on the morning after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, December 19, 2019.
Pelosi has been in a standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that has consumed Capitol Hill and scrambled the political dynamics more than three weeks after the House impeached Trump. Trump mocked Pelosi with his tweets on Friday and derided her and other Democrats late Thursday in Toledo, his first rally of 2020.
In the weeks since Trump was impeached, Democrats have focused on new evidence about Trump's effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, and they pushed the Senate to consider new testimony, including from former White House national security adviser John Bolton. Republicans are just as focused on a speedy trial with acquittal.
“When we start allowing national security advisers to just go up and say whatever they want to say, we can’t do that,” Trump said on Thursday during an event with building contractors. “So we have to protect presidential privilege for me, but for future presidents. That’s very important."
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