CNN quoted Republican lawmakers as saying that Senate Republican Leader McConnell proposed on the 21st that the Senate give former President Trump’s legal team two weeks to prepare for the upcoming impeachment trial and postpone the impeachment trial. By February.
According to the report, McConnell mentioned the remarks in a conference call with Republican lawmakers that day. McConnell also said that he was not in a hurry to start the trial.
He believes the House is moving quickly on impeachment, but the Senate needs time to prepare for a full trial.
The report also mentioned that House Speaker Pelosi said at a press conference on the 21st that the House of Representatives was “ready” to start the trial, but would wait until the Senate was ready to formally submit the impeachment clause.
According to two sources, House Democrats are discussing bringing impeachment articles to the Senate as early as the 22nd.
According to previous reports, the day before Trump left office (19th), McConnell publicly blamed the ally for the riots in Congress at the beginning of the month for the first time.
At that time, the U.S. media commented that this was the latest public sign that McConnell wanted to cut with Trump, but the move might exacerbate the division within the Republican Party.
