House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is huddling with her caucus Tuesday morning to take the temperature of her colleagues before making a final determination on the timing to formally send the articles of impeachment to the Senate
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Democrats will huddle behind closed doors at 9 a.m. to discuss the matter following weeks of pressure against Pelosi to transmit the paperwork to the U.S. Senate and initiate a trial in the upper chamber. The trial could begin later this week, depending on how soon the Democrats act.After passing two articles of impeachment through the House of Representatives on Dec. 18, Pelosi has refused to send the articles to the Senate.
"It's about a fair trial … and we think that would be with witnesses and documentation," Pelosi, D-Calif., told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on"This Week" Sunday."Now the ball is in their court to either do that, or pay a price for not doing it.
"I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further," Pelosi wrote to her caucus Friday."In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to 'do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws.' Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution.
While conviction in the Senate would result in President Donald Trump's removal from office, most Republicans have remained in the president's corner -- arguing that the lower chamber's impeachment was a rigged hoax.Removal from office would require 67 senators voting in favor of conviction, constituting a simple majority of the body. That means at least 20 Republicans would need to turn against the president, assuming all Democrats vote to convict.
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