Donald Trump on Monday accused Nancy Pelosi of 'breaking all the rules' by holding on to the articles of impeachment instead of sending them to the Senate and warned the speaker it will cost her the House in next year's election.'Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so. She lost Congress once, she will do it again!,' the president tweeted.Democrats won back control of the House in the 2018 midterms and polls favor them to maintain control in the 2020 election. Pelosi has not formally transmitted the two articles of impeachment - which the House approved last week to the Senate yet. Trump's trial cannot begin until the chamber receives the articles.'Believe it or not, the papers have to be physically brought over to the Senate, and we can't go forward until the Speaker does that. She's apparently trying to tell us how to run the trial,' Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News on Monday morning.The speaker said she's holding on to the articles until she knows more about the procedures surrounding the trial, including whether more witnesses will be called - an option Democrats want.'I can't imagine what purpose is served by her holding on to the papers. So sooner or later, I'm assuming she's going to send them over,' McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, added. Lawmakers, meanwhile, signaled on Sunday they believe the impasse will end soon. Share this article Share 2.2k shares 'There will be an agreement and the trial will go forward,' Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential candidate, said on CNN's 'State of the Union.'And her fellow 2020 candidate, Sen. Cory Booker, said on NBC's 'Meet the Press': 'Those articles will come over.' Trump has been railing against Pelosi for not sending the articles across the Capitol where the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, is expected to acquit him.'It's so unfair,' the president said at a speech to high school and college students on Saturday night. He also argued the speaker hasn't sent his formal articles of impeachment to the Senate because 'she has no case.' 'You know she has no case. So let's not submit it. That's good. Right? That's good but so unfair. She has no case,' he said.'They are violating the constitution,' he added. 'In the meantime our polls have gone through the roof.' Pelosi has given no indication of when she'll transmit the articles to the Senate. She said she's waiting for McConnell to outline the trial process first.'When we see what that process is,' she told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Democrats want to call additional witnesses - including acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security Adviser John Bolton.McConnell's preference is to have a short, speedy trial. But the holidays could hold up negotiations on the trial format.Both chambers of Congress are on recess until early nex
Donald Trump on Monday accused Nancy Pelosi of 'breaking all the rules' by holding on to the articles of impeachment instead of sending them to the Senate and warned the speaker it will cost her the House in next year's election.'Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so. She lost Congress once, she will do it again!,' the president tweeted.Democrats won back control of the House in the 2018 midterms and polls favor them to maintain control in the 2020 election. Pelosi has not formally transmitted the two articles of impeachment - which the House approved last week to the Senate yet. Trump's trial cannot begin until the chamber receives the articles.'Believe it or not, the papers have to be physically brought over to the Senate, and we can't go forward until the Speaker does that. She's apparently trying to tell us how to run the trial,' Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News on Monday morning.The speaker said she's holding on to the articles until she knows more about the procedures surrounding the trial, including whether more witnesses will be called - an option Democrats want.'I can't imagine what purpose is served by her holding on to the papers. So sooner or later, I'm assuming she's going to send them over,' McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, added. Lawmakers, meanwhile, signaled on Sunday they believe the impasse will end soon. Share this article Share 2.2k shares 'There will be an agreement and the trial will go forward,' Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential candidate, said on CNN's 'State of the Union.'And her fellow 2020 candidate, Sen. Cory Booker, said on NBC's 'Meet the Press': 'Those articles will come over.' Trump has been railing against Pelosi for not sending the articles across the Capitol where the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, is expected to acquit him.'It's so unfair,' the president said at a speech to high school and college students on Saturday night. He also argued the speaker hasn't sent his formal articles of impeachment to the Senate because 'she has no case.' 'You know she has no case. So let's not submit it. That's good. Right? That's good but so unfair. She has no case,' he said.'They are violating the constitution,' he added. 'In the meantime our polls have gone through the roof.' Pelosi has given no indication of when she'll transmit the articles to the Senate. She said she's waiting for McConnell to outline the trial process first.'When we see what that process is,' she told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Democrats want to call additional witnesses - including acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security Adviser John Bolton.McConnell's preference is to have a short, speedy trial. But the holidays could hold up negotiations on the trial format.Both chambers of Congress are on recess until early nex
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