McConnell and Schumer have not spoken about any impeachment proceedings, aides said. Schumer (D-N.Y.) in the first days of the Biden presidency.

In effect, that makes the matter of an impeachment trial an issue that will need to be taken up by incoming Senate Majority Leader Charles E. With a cadre of Trump-allied senators in the Republican conference, that unanimous consent is highly unlikely. 15, it is barred from conducting any kind of business during those days - including “beginning to act on received articles of impeachment from the House” - without agreement from all 100 senators.

19, which means the earliest possible date that impeachment trial proceedings can begin in the Senate is the day before Biden is inaugurated.Īlthough the Senate will hold two pro forma sessions next week, on Jan. In the memo, obtained by The Washington Post, McConnell’s office notes that the Senate will not reconvene for substantive business until Jan. That is the point being subtly made in a fresh memo from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who sent a document to GOP senators that outlines how a potential Senate trial would work for Trump - proceedings that would all but certainly occur after he leaves the White House. But rushing into an impeachment proceeding could have serious ramifications for the opening weeks of the Biden administration - prompting a Senate trial that could prevent Cabinet nominees from being confirmed for weeks. Outrage over Wednesday’s events grew to a fever pitch Friday, making it difficult for Pelosi to ignore. What the Congress decides to do is for them to decide.” President-elect Joe Biden declined to say Friday whether he supported Trump’s impeachment, giving space for the effort in the House to proceed: “I’m focused on the virus, on the vaccine and economic growth. She expressed hope that Trump would “immediately resign” instead. “With great respect, our deliberations will continue,” Pelosi said in a statement Friday evening that laid out several options including impeachment. Removing Trump by constitutional means is a tall order for the 12 days remaining in his presidency, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has not made a formal determination to move forward with a second impeachment, even as she consulted Friday with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about curbing Trump’s ability to launch nuclear weapons. A growing corps of House Democrats, furious over the invasion of the Capitol on Wednesday by a mob inspired and encouraged by President Trump, is pushing to rapidly impeach the president a second time - hoping to force Trump from office even a few days early rather than allow him to leave on his own terms.

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