House of Representatives refers Trump impeachment case to Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to send impeachment articles to the Senate, where the trial of President Donald Trump will begin, writes "New time".

The House of Representatives approved a resolution appointing a group of prosecutors in the impeachment case. They will lead the case against US President Donald Trump at the Senate impeachment trial.

The Senate trial is expected to begin next week.

The resolution was adopted after Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi introduced a group of Democrats who will act as prosecutors in a Senate trial. The resolution was supported by 228 congressmen, 193 opposed.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poked fun at President Trump as she prepared to send articles of impeachment to the Senate, repeatedly describing the House indictment as a permanent stain on his legacy - no matter what comes next.

“He is held accountable forever. They will never be able to erase this,” Pelosi said at a press conference announcing her impeachment managers who will be handling the case, writes Fox News.

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As reported "Voice of America", a group of seven Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute Senate impeachment proceedings will be led by Adam Schiff, head of House Intelligence Committee.

The managers will also include the head of the Committee on Administrative Issues, Zoe Lofgren, the head of the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffries, member of the intelligence committee Val Damings, member of the Committee on Armed Forces Jason Crowe and member of the Legal Committee Sylvia Garcia.

“The priority is representatives of the litigants. The priority is the level of comfort in the courtroom, ”said Pelosi.

Schiff, along with the head of the Legal Committee, Jerrold Nadler, led an investigation into impeachment in the House of Representatives, which resulted in two charges against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

The White House spoke out on the list of impeachment managers proposed by the US House of Representatives, notes "Voice of America".

“The appointment of these managers does not change a simple thing,” said White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham in a statement. “President Trump has done nothing wrong.” He is looking forward to the time when he will be granted the procedural rights due to him in the Senate, which he was denied by the Speaker of Pelosi and the Democrats in the House of Representatives, and expects to be fully justified. ”

Trump is charged under two counts - abuse of presidential power and obstructing Congressional investigation of impeachment.

Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican majority in the Upper House, has already hinted that the Senate will justify Trump.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Congressmen became interested in a telephone conversation between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and US President Donald Trump in late July as part of an investigation into whether Trump and his lawyer Rudolf Giuliani tried put pressure on Ukraine in order to help Trump's election campaign in 2020 year.
• Democrats announce formal request for US impeachment, which was triggered by a conversation between Ukrainian and American leaders.
• US Department of State published conversation transcript President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of the United States Donald Trump.
• 9 October in the White House officially announced refusal to cooperate with the investigation on the possibility of declaring impeachment to US President Donald Trump, which is held by Democrats in the House of Representatives. The presidential administration considers these accusations to be "baseless" and "unconstitutional."
• 31 October US House of Representatives approved the resolutionaccording to which the investigation into the possibility of impeachment to US President Donald Trump goes to the public stage.
• 13 November US House of Representatives launched an open hearing as part of an investigation into impeachment regarding President Donald trump: 10 television channels broadcast the meeting, 13,8 million Americans watched this broadcast.
• Spotlight on second hearing there were testimonies Marie Jovanovic, former US ambassador to Ukraine. Jovanovic was sent resigned as head of the US diplomatic mission in Kiev in May. Democrats claim that Jovanovic became a victim campaign organized by Rudi Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer.
• 19 November at the House Intelligence Committee have spoken Jennifer Williams, Alexander Windman, Kurt Walker and Tim Morrison.
• 3 December impeachment report accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power promulgated U.S. House Intelligence Committee.
• 7 December impeachment report опубликовал House Judicial Committee responsible for formulating specific charges.
• Xnumx december democrats unveiled two articles on impeachment are abuse of power and obstruction to Congress.
• Over the centuries-old history of the country, not a single US president has been removed from office by impeachment. Although the real threat of impeachment still forced one president to voluntarily resign. And this case concerned the confrontation between electoral candidates in the USA. Another president, whom they tried to impeach, bought Alaska from Russia. Read about the American impeachment story in our material.
• On December 16, the Legal Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress released a report in which recommended the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, and the Senate to remove him from office.
• On the eve of the House of Representatives vote on the resolution on the impeachment of the US president, which was scheduled for December 18, Donald Trump sent a sharp letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
• 18 December U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump on the basis of allegations that he abused the post for his own political gain, and also prevented attempts to investigate his actions
• Trump has become third president in US historyimpeached.
• Democrats refuse to transfer to the Senate already approved articles of charges against the head of the White Houseand without this, senators cannot start a hearing to remove the US president from power.

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