Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now threatening to withhold the articles of impeachment that Democrats just passed until the Senate sets trial terms that she and her left-wing faction deem adequate.
"We cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the Senate side," Mrs. Pelosi said Wednesday night after the impeachment vote, referring to the House Members who would present the case for removal to the Senate.
The Constitution gives the House "The sole power of impeachment." It also gives the Senate "The sole power to try all impeachments." Mrs. Pelosi nonetheless wants to use the articles the House has passed as leverage to force the Senate to do what she wants.
Now Mrs. Pelosi says speed isn't essential because Senate Republicans might not hold the kind of trial she wants.
The goal seems to be to turn the Senate trial into a second impeachment investigation ad infinitum.
The Senate can call any witnesses it thinks will shed light on House claims, incriminating or exculpatory, but Mrs. Pelosi can't dictate which witnesses the Senate calls or anything else about the trial.
"Speaker Pelosi suggested that House Democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the Senate. The prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether they even want to go to trial," he said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-has-second-thoughts-11576802073?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
"We cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the Senate side," Mrs. Pelosi said Wednesday night after the impeachment vote, referring to the House Members who would present the case for removal to the Senate.
The Constitution gives the House "The sole power of impeachment." It also gives the Senate "The sole power to try all impeachments." Mrs. Pelosi nonetheless wants to use the articles the House has passed as leverage to force the Senate to do what she wants.
Now Mrs. Pelosi says speed isn't essential because Senate Republicans might not hold the kind of trial she wants.
The goal seems to be to turn the Senate trial into a second impeachment investigation ad infinitum.
The Senate can call any witnesses it thinks will shed light on House claims, incriminating or exculpatory, but Mrs. Pelosi can't dictate which witnesses the Senate calls or anything else about the trial.
"Speaker Pelosi suggested that House Democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the Senate. The prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether they even want to go to trial," he said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-has-second-thoughts-11576802073?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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