Lawmakers and administration officials sparred Sunday about the delay by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in sending articles of President Donald Trump\u2019s impeachment to the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The House voted on a nearly partly-line basis December 18 to impeach Trump on two counts for allegedly abusing his power. Plans for a Senate trial are on hold for now, since Pelosi hasn\u2019t forwarded the articles, in what\u2019s seen as an attempt to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow witnesses. He has said he wants a quick trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat and 2020 presidential hopeful, said Pelosi has \u201cbeen a lightworker in dark times\u201d and will do the right thing.\u201cThose articles will come over,\u201d Booker said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cWhat she\u2019s just trying to do is to make sure the best possible case for a fair trial happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democrats continued to criticize a recent vow by McConnell of \u201ctotal coordination with the White House\u201d on impeachment strategy, which they say violates the Kentucky Republican\u2019s oath of office.Durbin, the number two Senate Democrat, also chided lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for saying how they\u2019re going to vote on Trump before the trial starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think they have gone too far,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it comes to saying, I made up my mind, it\u2019s all over, for goodness\u2019 sakes, that is not what the Constitution envisioned.\u201dBooker said that anyone in the administration who could affirm Trump\u2019s innocence, including acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, should \u201ccome before the Senate. Swear it to an oath.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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