Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said House Democrats will send over the impeachment article against former President Donald Trump charging him with inciting an insurrection against the Capitol.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told him she would send the article over on Monday.
“The Senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on the Senate floor. “It will be a full trial. It will be a fair trial. But make no mistake: There will be a trial, and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald Trump incited the insurrection against the United States.”
Schumer’s announcement rejects a request by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to delay the arrival of the article until next Thursday and to begin the trial in mid-February, which he said would provide adequate time for Trump to prepare a defense and for Democrats to confirm more of President Biden’s Cabinet.
