U.S. House Speaker Pelosi Threatens To Delay Senate Impeachment Trial

Politico: Pelosi threatens to delay Senate impeachment trial

Some legal scholars have suggested she could consider refusing to transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to commit Wednesday to delivering articles of impeachment to the Senate, citing concerns about an unfair trial on removing President Donald Trump from office.

Senior Democratic aides said the House was “very unlikely” to take the steps necessary to send the articles to the Senate until at least early January, a delay of at least two weeks and perhaps longer.

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WNU Editor: I can see it now. Republican Senators being told what to do by the House Speaker. Here is an easy prediction. It is not going to happen. House Speaker Pelosi and her allies think they have leverage .... they do not.

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