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Pelosi noncommittal on delivering impeachment articles to Senate | TheHill

posted onDecember 19, 2019
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Article snippet: Just moments after the House impeached MORE (D-Calif.) declined to say when — or even if — Democrats will deliver the articles to the Senate. "We'll make that decision as a group, as we always have, as we go along," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. Despite repeated attempts by reporters to press her on timing, Pelosi declined to commit to sending the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — across the Capitol, essentially putting the process in limbo as it looms unfinished over the Senate and White House. Pelosi and her fellow Democrats have been skeptical that the GOP-controlled Senate will conduct a fair and impartial trial, especially after Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) — who would essentially serve as jury foreman in the trial — conceded that it would not. “I’m not impartial about this at all,” he told reporters Tuesday. Seemingly alluding to those comments, Pelosi cited a need to "see what the process is on the Senate side" before making any decisions about the timing of delivery or the naming of impeachment managers to prosecute the case.   “And I would hope that that would be soon,” the Speaker said, adding that the delivery would not be “tonight.” “So far we haven’t seen anything that looks fair to us,” she added. Earlier in the week, Majority Leader MORE (D-Md.) said Democrats would likely not turn over the articles to the Senate immediately; however, he also dismissed the idea that the delay would be extensive. "I d... Link to the full article to read more

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