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   From: drain.the.swamp@house.gov   
      
   WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the   
   impeachment managers for the trial against President Donald   
   Trump in the Senate in a press conference on Wednesday morning.   
      
   Pelosi selected representatives Adam Schiff of California, Jerry   
   Nadler of New York, Val Demmings of Florida, Hakeem Jeffries of   
   New York, Jason Crow of Colorado, Sylvia Garcia of Texas and Zoe   
   Lofgren of California. The managers are a diverse group with   
   legal, law enforcement and military courtroom experience.   
      
   The seven-member prosecution team will be led by chairmen Schiff   
   of the House impeachment proceedings and Intelligence Committee,   
   as well as Nadler of the Judiciary Committee. They are two of   
   Pelosi’s top lieutenants for only the third presidential   
   impeachment in the nation’s history.   
      
   “Today is an important day,” said Pelosi, flanked by the team.   
   “This is about the Constitution of the United States.”   
      
   The Speaker said she is “very proud and honored” that the seven   
   “distinguished” members have accepted the responsibility to   
   protect and defend the constitution.   
      
   The impeachment managers each spoke after the House Speaker   
   during the press conference, underscoring the importance of   
   witnesses and documents.   
      
   “In America, no one is above the law,” Jeffries said.   
      
   Democrats are also preparing for Wednesday's House vote to send   
   the Trump impeachment articles to the Senate.   
      
   Ahead of the vote to approve the team and transmit the articles   
   of impeachment, Schiff released new records from Lev Parnas, an   
   associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, about the Ukraine   
   strategy. including an exchange with another man about   
   surveilling later-fired Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch.   
      
   "If McConnell makes this the first trial in history without   
   witnesses, it will be exposed for what it is and that is an   
   effort to cover up for the president,” Schiff said.   
      
   Schiff said the new evidence should bring more pressure on   
   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is reluctant to   
   allow witnesses to testify.   
      
   During Pelosi's press conference, Trump tweeted that impeachment   
   was “another Con Job by the Do Nothing Democrats. All of this   
   work was supposed to be done by the House, not the Senate!”   
      
   Under Pelosi, the House voted Dec. 18 to impeach Trump on   
   charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress stemming   
   from his conduct toward Ukraine.   
      
   "He has been impeached forever. Nothing can erase that," Pelosi   
   said referring to Congress holding the president accountable.   
      
   After Wednesday's House vote to send the articles of impeachment   
   to the Senate for trial, the managers are to walk the articles   
   across the Capitol to the Senate in a dramatic procession.   
      
   The other presidents who have been impeached are Bill Clinton   
   and, in 1868, Andrew Johnson. President Richard Nixon resigned   
   before the House could impeach him.   
      
   Pelosi delayed the transmission of the articles to the Senate,   
   holding out for more specific terms of the trial.   
      
   The Senate is expected to transform into an impeachment court as   
   early as Thursday, although significant proceedings wouldn't   
   begin until next Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr.   
   holiday. The Constitution calls for the chief justice to preside   
   over senators, who serve as jurors and swear an oath to deliver   
   "impartial justice.''   
      
   The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was   
   reported from Los Angeles.   
      
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