BREAKING: Speaner Nancy Pelosi says "we are ready" to send articles of impeahcment but reiterates she needs to see the rules of engagement before she can name impeachment managers, which kickstarts the trial.
Dems described two competing reasons to withhold articles:
-Senate process must be fair
-House needs to know the technical details of the process before it can name managers
House leaders initially leaned on the first but lately are leaning far more into the second reason.
-Senate process must be fair
-House needs to know the technical details of the process before it can name managers
House leaders initially leaned on the first but lately are leaning far more into the second reason.
Worth noting that House and Senate during Clinton impeahcment process were both Republican, so leaders had incentive to coordinate strategy and trial process.
This is the first time in history impeachment has happened in a split Congress.
This is the first time in history impeachment has happened in a split Congress.
