Posted on 01/15/2021 6:16:56 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON - Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that House impeachment managers were preparing to prosecute President Trump in the Senate, but she refused to offer a timeline for when they would move forward with a never-before-attempted trial of a former president.
At a news conference two days after the House impeached Mr. Trump in a bipartisan vote, Ms. Pelosi made clear that her first priority was ensuring the security of the Capitol and lawmakers before President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration on Wednesday.
But growing emotional at times as she recounted seeing the image of a rioter barging through the Capitol in a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt, Ms. Pelosi vowed accountability would soon follow for Mr. Trump, whom the House charged with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in instigating a violent mob that stormed the building. She also pledged to pursue the perpetrators of the rampage as well as far-right lawmakers if they were found to have aided in the assault.
“One week ago, on Jan. 6, there was an act of insurrection perpetrated on the Capitol of the United States, incentivized by the president of the United States,” she said. “One week later, Wednesday to Wednesday, that president was impeached in a bipartisan way by the House of Representatives - so urgent was the matter. They are now working on taking this to trial.”
The speaker’s decision to delay sending the article was reminiscent of a similar maneuver a year ago, when she waited almost a month to press charges against Mr. Trump after the House voted to impeach him the first time for pressuring Ukraine to smear Mr. Biden. This time, though, Democrats in both chambers involved in the impeachment case said they expected the delay to be brief.
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What happens if they hold it for 4 years and Trump gets elected?
What, they voted for impeachment and only now want to review and compile evidence?!
The Sore Winners have been had LOL:-)
She is holding back with the Impeachment Article because she has NO case...FBI has already confirmed, Antifa had preplanned their assault on the Capital long before Trump’s speech.
Lol so urgent was the matter.
That she can’t say when they’ll pursue it.
Should they not have built a case BEFORE voting for impeachment?
LOL...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Is there one with impeach-mints?
Wait, she admitted she was going to prosecute Antifa members for their part in the planning of this debacle? What about when evidence proves that democrats knew about this event beforehand and either did nothing or encouraged it? Is she going after them too then? 😂
Oh..you silly person..where did you ever hear of that being done really?
Building a case before conviction that’s ridiculous...HA
Details...
She could also get another for portraying the wicked witch that she is, an oscar would be fitting, too. One hateful monster.
I guess they had a case of convict 1st evidence later. And supposedly the dems and their cohorts are the ones who hate over zealous pigs LOL:-)
” Ms. Pelosi”
We can’t refer to them with any gender-specific label, NYT, you bigoted transphobic gender-phobic racist idiots.
I feel sorry for Pelosi come Jan 21 she will have no one to pick on. Watch out Mitch!
It’s Nancy’s MO. You gotta vote for it before you can see what’s in it.
As the House builds case!!! Hilarious! We must impeach to find out what we are charging him with. Sentence first, evidence later! Maybe.
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