US House speaker, Senate leader spar over Trump trial
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell clash over Senate trial witnesses and procedures regarding President Trump's impeachment.
The Desi Times Editorial Desk
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump's trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Pelosi, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, said she is not yet ready to name her team for Trump's trial in the Republican-majority Senate.
"The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct," Pelosi said.
House managers will prosecute the case against Trump in the Senate in a trial expected to begin in January. Pelosi has not yet sent the impeachment articles passed by the House over to the Senate amid a standoff with McConnell over the form the trial will take.
Democrats have been pushing for four current and former White House aides with direct knowledge of Trump's Ukraine dealings to testify in the Senate. "President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House... What is his excuse now?" Pelosi questioned.
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