Impeachment Standoff May Be Near End With Pelosi Allies Stumped
- Speaker gives few clues as expectations for a resolution rise
- McConnell holding firm against making a deal with Democrats
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Lawmakers say they expect House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will soon end her delay of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial without any notable concessions from Senate Republicans, leaving her allies stumped about her strategy in the three-week standoff.
Senior Democrats in the House insisted publicly that the speaker has given them no hints on timing for sending the two articles of impeachment over to the Republican-controlled Senate, the step that would trigger an immediate opening of the historic impeachment trial.