Pelosi caves on articles of impeachment because she had no leverage

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Pelosi caves on articles of impeachment because she had no leverage
by Kaylee McGhee
 | January 10, 2020 12:13 PM

After nearly a month of delay, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to send the Democrats’ articles of impeachment to the Senate. She will do so next week.

Pelosi had little choice but to release the articles, which accuse President Trump of abusing his power and obstructing Congress. Pelosi tried to use the delay as leverage to force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to agree to the Democrats’ proposed trial rules. But McConnell refused, and Senate Democrats simply do not have the votes to work around him.

Even Senate Democrats had begun to express frustration with the dawdling. “Time plays an unknown role in all of this, and the longer it goes on, the less the urgency becomes. So if it’s serious and urgent, it should come over. If it isn’t, don’t send it over,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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[Free Vulcan]

Drooling Nancy's window of opportunity has passed.

You don't ambush someone with scurrilous charges out of a sham process, and then suspend animation half-way through. You keep bum rushing them while they're still off guard.

Now it's election season and Trump can use this trial to his full advantage.