On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi appeared to undercut her own claims that Dems had a constitutional duty to impeach President Trump when, on Thursday, she refused to allow the next step in the process to move forward, by delaying the handing over of the House's impeachment case to the Senate.
Pelosi blamed a political disagreement with Mitch McConnell as the reason behind her decision, though many speculate that this is a cynical ploy, and that Pelosi is really looking for an excuse to delay the start of the next round of proceedings until after the new year, when the public will be more attentive.
That won't save Democrats from having to defend Pelosi's decision, which seemed to undercut the Dems' entire case for impeachment, as well as their claims that the impeachment process should transcend typical partisan politics.
There's nothing in the Constitution dictating a timeline for a handover to the Senate after an impeachment vote, meaning she could, in theory, quash the process by simply never handing over the materials to the Senate.
For those who are confused about what's happening, here's a simplistic breakdown: For the next phase in the process to begin, the House must actually send the articles of impeachment and several managers to the Senate to prosecute the impeachment case.
President Trump wasted no time seizing on Pelosi's apparent hypocrisy to slam the entire impeachment process as a hoax.
It's worth noting that Trump and McConnell don't see eye-to-eye about how the impeachment trial should go.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dems-undercut-impeachment-case-delaying-start-senate-trial-until-next-year
Pelosi blamed a political disagreement with Mitch McConnell as the reason behind her decision, though many speculate that this is a cynical ploy, and that Pelosi is really looking for an excuse to delay the start of the next round of proceedings until after the new year, when the public will be more attentive.
That won't save Democrats from having to defend Pelosi's decision, which seemed to undercut the Dems' entire case for impeachment, as well as their claims that the impeachment process should transcend typical partisan politics.
There's nothing in the Constitution dictating a timeline for a handover to the Senate after an impeachment vote, meaning she could, in theory, quash the process by simply never handing over the materials to the Senate.
For those who are confused about what's happening, here's a simplistic breakdown: For the next phase in the process to begin, the House must actually send the articles of impeachment and several managers to the Senate to prosecute the impeachment case.
President Trump wasted no time seizing on Pelosi's apparent hypocrisy to slam the entire impeachment process as a hoax.
It's worth noting that Trump and McConnell don't see eye-to-eye about how the impeachment trial should go.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dems-undercut-impeachment-case-delaying-start-senate-trial-until-next-year
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