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The Incredible Ace of Spades Up Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Sleeve
Late last night, the House passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
The matter will now move to a trial in the Senate, where Republican Senators appear excited to ignore their oath, and dismiss the charges without a hint of fairness.
Which means in just a few weeks time, Trump will be able to beat his chest, and we can look forward to an endless barrage of “Totally vindicated”, “The most innocent president ever”, and “total witch hunt” tweets.
At least that was the outlook until reporters caught Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi exiting the impeachment hearings. There, she made several very interesting statements.
In short, it appears that she will withhold the articles from the Senate, retaining control of the process in the House.
How is this possible, and what could it mean?
As it turns out, after the House votes to impeach a president, as they did tonight, passing two articles of impeachment against President Trump, there’s a final procedural act that needs to take place before it…
