Dianne Feinstein backpedals on telling Pelosi to end delay over impeachment trial
by Mike Brest
| January 09, 2020 02:09 PM
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein walked back her previous statement urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for the trial on Thursday.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach the president on two articles, one for obstruction of Congress and one for abuse of power, last month. The speaker has refused to pass the articles along to the Senate, where a trial will be held as she's trying to force concessions from the GOP-majority led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Feinstein was among a handful of Democrats in both the House and the Senate calling for Pelosi to send the articles to the Senate. “If we’re going to do it, she should send them over,†the California Democrat said a day earlier. “I don’t see what good delay does.â€
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