U.S. House Speaker Pelosi makes her case for Trump impeachment trial

Source:-Newzee


U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday (January 21) she will consult with fellow Democrats in coming days about the Senate's readiness to begin an impeachment trial on former President Donald Trump's alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

She added that it is imperative for the trial to go forward.

"And just because he's [referring to Trump] now gone - thank God - that we - you don't say to a President: 'Do whatever you want in the last months of your administration. You're going to get a Get Out of Jail Card free' because people think we should make nice-nice and forget that people died here on January 6," she said.

The unprecedented Jan. 6 attack on the seat of Congress left five dead and led the House to impeach Trump a second time, for a fiery speech that day in which he urged thousands of his followers to fight Joe Biden's, then President-elect, victory.