众议院议长南希·佩洛西周五宣布，她将在“下周”的某个时候把弹劾条款的控制权交给参议院，结束了长达一周的僵局，民主党试图向共和党施压，要求他们同意在唐纳德·特朗普总统即将到来的参议院审判期间传唤证人和文件。
这位加州民主党人在给民主党同事的一封公开信中表示，她已要求众议院司法委员会主席杰罗德·纳德勒(纽约民主党)准备下周在众议院提出一项任命管理人员并将弹劾条款递交参议院的决议
文章的转让是在越来越多的民主党人开始与佩洛西决裂，讲述新闻周刊和其他媒体，是时候推进审判了。
这也标志着参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(R-Ky)的重大政治胜利。)，他成功地争取到了温和派和政治上易受攻击的成员对审判规则的足够支持，这些规则将在很大程度上反映比尔·克林顿弹劾审判中的规则。麦康奈尔说，只有在众议院弹劾经理和总统的辩护团队展开各自的辩论后，众议院才会考虑听取证人的证词。
国会山的民主党人，包括参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默(民主党-纽约)要求听取证人的证词，白宫阻止证人向众议院弹劾调查人员作证。这些证人被认为对特朗普与乌克兰的交易有第一手的了解。
新发现出来了
舒默在一句话的声明中说，“参议院民主党人已经为审判开始做好准备，并将尽一切努力确保真相大白。”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)在2019年12月19日的新闻发布会上，参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)在2018年11月7日。
佩洛西成功地向麦康奈尔施加了额外的压力，要求她考虑文件和证人，因为她在圣诞节休会期间拒绝发表文章，这要感谢一系列披露出来的信息。
她在信中提到的新信息包括文件显示，特朗普在7月25日与乌克兰总统臭名昭著的通话几分钟后，直接下令停止向乌克兰提供外国军事援助。文件还显示，五角大楼官员对援助延期的合法性极度怀疑。这笔资金已被国会拨款。
佩洛西在信中指责麦康奈尔进行“掩盖”，试图剥夺“美国人民”的真相，并试图“阻挠公平审判”，不同意传唤几位现任和前任政府官员的证词和文件，包括前国家安全顾问约翰博尔顿和代理参谋长米克马尔瓦尼。在她拿着这些文章的时候，博尔顿改变了立场，表示他愿意作证在参议院的审判中。
佩洛西在给同事们的信中写道:“麦康奈尔领导人的策略清楚地表明，他和特朗普总统对总统被弹劾的违法事实感到恐惧。”。"现在每个参议员都面临一个选择:忠于总统或宪法。"
下一步是什么？
佩洛西在决议中说，众议院将于下周通过将条款移交参议院，众议院弹劾管理人员将被任命。目前还不知道该决议将于何时公布，也不知道这些成员将是谁。
但是最近几周已经提供了一些线索。众议院司法委员会的几名民主党人公开表示他们愿意当经理。民主党人也提出，由共和党人转变为独立的密歇根州众议员贾斯汀·阿玛什是一个可能的选择。他说虽然他没有和佩洛西讨论这个想法，但他愿意考虑。
佩洛西在信中表示，她将在周二上午的每周党团会议上与民主党成员就这个问题进行“协商”。
“没有人能凌驾于法律之上，甚至总统也不能，”她写道。
A WIN FOR MCCONNELL AS PELOSI SAYS SHE'LL RELEASE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES NEXT WEEK. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will relinquish control of the articles of impeachment to the Senate sometime "next week," ending a weeks-long standoff as Democrats tried to pressure Republicans for an agreement on summoning witnesses and documents during President Donald Trump's impending Senate trial.
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues that was released to the public, the California Democrat said she's asked House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to "be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate."
The transfer of the articles is coming after a growing number of Democrats were beginning to break with Pelosi, telling Newsweek and other media it was time to move forward with a trial.
It will also mark a major political win for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was successful in corralling enough support from his moderate and politically vulnerable members for trial rules that will largely mirror those in Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. Only after House impeachment managers and the president's defense team mount their respective arguments, McConnell has said, will the chamber consider hearing from witnesses.
Democrats across Capitol Hill, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have demanded to hear from witnesses whom the White House blocked from testifying to House impeachment investigators. Those witnesses are believed to have firsthand knowledge of Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
New Revelations Come Out
In a one-sentence statement, Schumer said that "Senate Democrats are ready for the trial to begin and will do everything we can to see that the truth comes out."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on December 19, 2019, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on November 7, 2018.
Pelosi was successful in placing additional pressure on McConnell to consider documents and witnesses as she withheld the articles during the Christmas recess, thanks to a stream of revelations that came out.
The new information, which she referenced in her letter, included documents that showed Trump directly ordered foreign military aid to be withheld from Ukraine minutes after his infamous July 25 call with that country's president. Documents also showed that Pentagon officials were extremely skeptical of the aid delay's legality. The funds had been appropriated by Congress.
In her letter, Pelosi accused McConnell of engaging in a "cover-up," attempting to deprive "the American people of the truth," and trying to "stonewall a fair trial" by not agreeing to subpoena testimony and documents from several current and former administration officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. During her time holding the articles, Bolton reversed his stance to say he is willing to testify in the Senate trial.
"Leader McConnell's tactics are a clear indication of the fear that he and President Trump have regarding the facts of the President's violations for which he was impeached," Pelosi wrote to her colleagues. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution."
What's Next?
In the resolution Pelosi said the House will pass next week to transfer the articles to the Senate, House impeachment managers will be named. It is not yet known when exactly the resolution will be released or who those members will be.
But some clues have been offered in recent weeks. Several Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have publicly stated their willingness to be a manager. And Republican-turned-independent Representative Justin Amash of Michigan has also been floated by Democrats as a possible choice. He's said that while he's not discussed the idea with Pelosi, he would be open to considering it.
Pelosi stated in her letter that she'll be "consulting" with her Democratic members about the subject Tuesday morning during their weekly caucus meeting.
"No one is above the law, not even the President," she wrote.
