众议院将交付弹劾反对前总统的文章唐纳德·特朗普参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默星期五在参议院说。
舒默宣布这一消息之前，参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)要求将审判推迟到2月份，并给特朗普和他仍在组建的法律团队时间准备辩护。
参议院多数党领袖表示，成员将于周二宣誓就职，审判将于2月8日开始。
麦康奈尔的发言人道格·安德烈斯(Doug Andres)在一份声明中表示:“麦康奈尔领导人很高兴舒默领导人同意共和党人在预审阶段增加时间的请求。”特别是考虑到众议院的快速和最低限度的程序，共和党人开始确保参议院的下一步将尊重前总统特朗普的权利和正当程序、参议院的机构和总统办公室。这一目标已经实现。这是正当程序和公平的胜利。"
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特朗普将是第一位面临弹劾审判的前总统。一些参议院共和党人辩称，审判是违宪的，因为第45任总统已经离任，这一立场可能会引发参议院的辩论，并在未来几周就审判的有效性进行投票。
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2021年1月22日，参议员查克·舒默在华盛顿特区的美国参议院发言。
舒默说:“我已经和议长佩洛西谈过了，他告诉我，这些文章将于周一提交给参议院。”。
“参议院将对唐纳德·特朗普的弹劾进行审判。这将是一个全面的审判，这将是一个公平的审判，”他补充说，没有详细说明诉讼的长度或形式。
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众议院议长南希·佩洛西在新的申办下的第一次每周新闻发布会上发言
周五下午，众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)在致众议院民主党党团的一封信中回应了舒默的评论，称特朗普将有足够的时间准备即将到来的参议院审判，并回应共和党人关于众议院弹劾仓促的投诉。
佩洛西在信中说:“众议院一直尊重参议院对审判的宪法权力，并始终关注过程的公平性。”“当弹劾条款递交参议院时，前总统将已经有将近两个星期没有通过该条款了。我们的经理已经准备好接受100名参议院陪审员的审判，”她写道。
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces Trump impeachment trial to start week of Feb. 8
The House will deliver theimpeachmentarticle against former PresidentDonald Trumpto the Senate on Monday, formally launching trial proceedings next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Friday.
Schumer's announcement comes after a request from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to delay the trial until February and give Trump and his still-forming legal team time to prepare a defense.
The senate majority leader said members would be sworn in on Tuesday and the trial would begin the week of Feb. 8.
"Leader McConnell is glad that Leader Schumer agreed to Republicans' request for additional time during the pre-trial phase," Doug Andres, McConnell's spokesman, said in a statement. "Especially given the fast and minimal process in the House, Republicans set out to ensure the Senate's next steps will respect former President Trump's rights and due process, the institution of the Senate, and the office of the presidency. That goal has been achieved. This is a win for due process and fairness."
Trump will be the first former president to face an impeachment trial. Some Senate Republicans have argued that the trial would be unconstitutional because the 45th president is no longer in office, a stance that could trigger a Senate debate and vote on the validity of the trial in the coming weeks.
"I have spoken to Speaker Pelosi who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday," Schumer said.
"The Senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. It will be a full trial, it will be a fair trial," he added, without details on the length or format of the proceedings.
On Friday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi echoed Schumer's comments in a letter sent to her House Democratic caucus, saying Trump will have had plenty of time to prepare for his upcoming Senate trial and responding to Republicans complaints that the House impeachment was rushed.
"The House has been respectful of the Senate's constitutional power over the trial and always attentive to the fairness of the process," Pelosi said in the letter. "When the Article of Impeachment is transmitted to the Senate, the former President will have had nearly two weeks since we passed the Article. Our Managers are ready for trial before the 100 Senate jurors," she wrote.
