Minutes after the House impeached US President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw uncertainty into the process by refusing to say, repeatedly, when or whether she would send two articles to the Senate for a trial. Until the articles are submitted, the Senate cannot hold the trial that is nearly certain to acquit the president. Pelosi said House Democrats could not name impeachment managers - House prosecutors who make the case for Trump's conviction and removal from office - until they know more about how the Senate will conduct a trial. AP US President Donald Trump is almost guaranteed to be acquitted in his trial. But he tweeted that McConnell would speak about "House Democrats' precedent-breaking impeachment of the President of the United States" on Thursday morning.

Source: Stuff December 19, 2019 05:03 UTC