WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led US House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday , setting the stage for his long-awaited trial.
"I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further," Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House, said in the letter. But a trial to determine his guilt or innocence cannot begin in the Republican-controlled Senate until the House transmits the charges. Democrats, fearing the Senate could quickly dismiss charges against Trump, want a guarantee that the trial will include testimony from new witnesses, including former Trump national security adviser John Bolton.