House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a group of seven Democratic lawmakers who will serve as impeachment managers in the Senate trial against President Trump.
The group will be headed by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who conducted weeks of hearings and depositions in the impeachment investigation.
The list also includes House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, and Zoe Lofgren of California, who also serves on the Judiciary Committee.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York was also selected to serve as a manager along with Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat and former Orlando, Florida, police chief. Both are members of the Judiciary Committee. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas will also be a House manager.
All of the managers have experience Pelosi believes will help Democrats make their case in the Senate.
The list of managers includes Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, who is a member of the Armed Services Committee and a former Army Ranger.
“The emphasis is on litigators and on making the strongest possible case to the American people,” Pelosi said.
The lawmakers will serve as prosecutors in the case against Trump in a Senate trial expected to begin next Tuesday.
The House voted Dec. 19 on two articles impeaching Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Democrats allege Trump improperly withheld $391 million in security aid from Ukraine in order to coerce Ukrainian government officials to pledge to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a top Trump political rival.
Pelosi had delayed appointing the managers for nearly a month in an unsuccessful bid to get Senate Republicans to agree to a list of witnesses for the trial.
The House will vote this afternoon on the resolution appointing the managers Pelosi selected.
The managers will then walk over to the Senate to deliver the articles later on Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said the Senate trial will begin next Tuesday. It could last several weeks.
