Pelosi names prosecutors for Trump impeachment trial
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:39:01 +0000
WASHINGTON: Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that two chairmen of the House of Representatives who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry will be among the prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial.
They are Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler of the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees respectively.
Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House last month on charges of abuse of power over his pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden as Trump withheld aid from the country.
He was also charged with obstructing Congress’ ensuing investigation.
The House is set to vote on Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for his removal.
Trump’s trial will be only the third presidential impeachment trial in United States history, and it comes against the backdrop of a politically divided nation and an election year.
New details of Trump’s efforts on Ukraine emerged late Tuesday, increasing pressure on senators to call witnesses in the trial, a step that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been reluctant to take.
House investigators announced they were turning over a “trove” of new records of phone calls, text messages and other information from Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the information shows Trump’s effort ’’to coerce Ukraine into helping the President’s reelection campaign.” He said this and other new testimony must be included in the Senate trial. AP