“For those who want to skip ahead: The House will impeach @POTUS by the end of the year because what he did warrants it,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted. “The Senate will hold a trial in January but not convict, regardless of evidence, because he has absolute control of his party. And then we will move on.”

When Pelosi sanctioned an impeachment investigation in September, she ordered Democrats to move “expeditiously,” and that is exactly what lawmakers are doing.

While six House committees begin constructing impeachment articles, the House Intelligence Committee, on Monday, will brief the Judiciary Committee on their 300-page report detailing the actions by President Trump that they believe are impeachable offenses.

Both the Democrat and Republican lawyers for Intelligence and Judiciary will make their cases for or against impeachment.

Democrats are prepared to mark up articles later in the week. It’s a process that could take several days.

In 1998, the House Judiciary Committee took three days to approve a trio of impeachment articles against President Clinton.

Judiciary Democrats plan to work over this weekend to begin drafting articles.

Democrats accuse the president of abusing his office by trying to “bribe” Ukraine government officials into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats. Democrats said Trump tried to coerce Ukraine into cooperating by withholding $391 million in security aid that was ultimately delivered after a 55-day delay.

Democrats may also draft an impeachment article accusing Trump of witness tampering based on his Twitter attack on Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee last month.

Yovanovitch told the panel Trump’s tweet was intimidating.

Democrats are likely to draft an impeachment article based on obstructing Congress.

Trump has refused to turn over hundreds of documents and allow witness testimony from a dozen current and former administration officials.

“Right now, the evidence is overwhelming,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and a member of the Judiciary panel.

Pelosi declined to say what the articles would allege but said the House had to move quickly because Democrats believe he is acting to undermine the 2020 election.

“We see our mission as defending democracy for the people,” Pelosi said.

Democrats are weighing whether to include articles of impeachment based on their abandoned investigation into the Mueller report and whether Trump tried to obstruct it.

“We have to take that into consideration,” Raskin said. “We have to explore the possibility the Ukraine episode is not some kind of aberrational outburst, but rather reflective of a continuing course of misconduct.”

A pre-Christmas vote will allow the Democrats to put impeachment behind them before the new session of Congress convenes in January.

It will provide a fresh start for House Democrats who have been largely consumed by impeachment even as Pelosi and other Democratic leaders insist they are simultaneously acting on important legislation.

The House will take up a major prescription drug bill next week, for example, and will also vote on fiscal 2020 spending before the end of the year.

The legislation, however, has largely been overshadowed by impeachment, which swing district Democrats say is of little interest to their constituents.

“Healthcare, and the environment, and gun safety,” Rep. Donna Shalala said, ticking off the concerns raised at a recent town hall event.

Shalala, who was Health and Human Services secretary when Clinton was impeached, said she’s happy with the swift pace of the House impeachment process, though she has not indicated whether she’ll support any of the still-undrafted articles.

“At some point, you cut off, and you make a decision,” Shalala said.