President Trump declared his desire for a trial in the Senate amid reports from House Democrats that they might not immediately transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
“So after the Democrats gave me no Due Process in the House, no lawyers, no witnesses, no nothing, they now want to tell the Senate how to run their trial,” Trump tweeted on Thursday evening. “Actually, they have zero proof of anything, they will never even show up. They want out. I want an immediate trial!”
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So after the Democrats gave me no Due Process in the House, no lawyers, no witnesses, no nothing, they now want to tell the Senate how to run their trial. Actually, they have zero proof of anything, they will never even show up. They want out. I want an immediate trial!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2019
“We cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the Senate side,” Pelosi said on Wednesday after the impeachment vote. “So far, we haven’t seen anything that looks fair to us. We are hoping it will be fairer, and when we see that, we’ll appoint managers.”
The House voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after he urged Ukrainian officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden sat on the board.
The Senate was set to hold a trial next month but can’t begin until the Democrats send over the impeachment articles from the House via lawmakers they appoint as managers.
