House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Senate Republicans need to ensure there will be a fair impeachment trial
The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct.— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 23, 2019
President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the House process. What is his excuse now?
This Constitutional outrage by @SpeakerPelosi needs to end.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2019
She is trying to run the Senate and deny President @realDonaldTrump his day in court after the House’s sham impeachment process. https://t.co/fOCW8Tc1L8
Prosecutors with strong evidence are eager to put their case on trial.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) December 23, 2019
This is clearly the opposite of that 👇 https://t.co/azv1CM4dAh
Why can't you? You can appoint as many as you want, which seems like you could plan on any possibility. Prosecutors are generally assigned randomly and they do just fine. https://t.co/bLUx7ASHRU
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 23, 2019
This whole thing is bizarre.
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) December 23, 2019
House Dems pushed through the fastest, weakest impeachment in history. Now Pelosi refuses to send it to the Senate, arguing McConnell should strengthen her shoddy case & bring “fairness” to her utterly unfair process.
Bizarre & reeks of politics. https://t.co/qGX8cEEgal
Stop playing games, @SpeakerPelosi. All we want is for @realDonaldTrump to be treated like Clinton was.
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) December 23, 2019
It may seem foreign to Pelosi, but the Senate will follow the precedent established from prior impeachments. We don’t craft constitutional processes based on partisan madness. https://t.co/kc5kzzw1sK
She knows it’s a dud.https://t.co/UmkxE4cEqM
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) December 23, 2019
You can't polish a turd, Nancy. It doesn't matter who you send when you don't have a case. https://t.co/bLUx7ASHRU
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 23, 2019
Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump stand their ground over impeachment
ReplyDeleteSo much for holiday cheer.
President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exchanged tweets on Monday over her holding up delivering articles of impeachment to the GOP-controlled Senate until a fair impeachment trial can be guaranteed.
Trump kicked off the exchange when he criticized the California Democrat for conducting an unfair impeachment investigation in the House.
“Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so,” Trump posted on Twitter. “She lost Congress once, she will do it again!”
Pelosi then weighed in on Trump’s tweet.
“The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct. President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the House process,” the speaker wrote. “What is his excuse now?”
Pelosi is temporarily holding up the two articles of impeachment the House voted on last Wednesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was coordinating the Senate trial with White House lawyers and declared he wouldn’t be an impartial juror.
“We would hope there would be a fair process just as I hope they would honor the Constitution,” Pelosi said of Republicans in the Senate during her weekly news conference last Thursday.
McConnell, appearing Monday on “Fox & Friends,” said he’s in no rush to get the articles.
“She’s apparently trying to tell us how to run the trial,” the Kentucky Republican said. “You know, I’m not anxious to have this trial. So if she wants to hold onto the papers, go right ahead.”
Until then, he said both sides remain deadlocked.
“Look, we’re at an impasse. We can’t do anything until the speaker sends the papers over, so everybody enjoy the holidays,” he said.