Pelosi, McConnell Dig In on Standoff Over Impeachment Trial
- Speaker holds off naming House managers for trial in Senate
- Senate leader says House has no leverage to dictate terms
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deepened their impasse over the terms of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Thursday, as Congress left Washington for the holidays without settling when and how it would take place.
Pelosi surprised many House Democrats Wednesday night after the House impeached Trump when she said she would delay transmitting the articles of impeachment and naming the impeachment managers -- who will argue the House’s case -- until the Senate lays out its procedures for the trial.