Impeachment Case Against President Trump Handed Off to Senate

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (C), flanked by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) (L) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)(R), speaks during a news conference to announce impeachment managers on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 15, 2020. Susan Walsh/AP Photo

The House of Representatives voted to transmit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate following a month-long delay. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signed the articles of impeachment and her House managers delivered the articles to the Senate on Wednesday evening.

Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor as the articles were transmitted on Wednesday night: “Mr. President, I have been directed by the House of Representatives to inform the Senate. The House has passed H Res 798, a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, president of the United States.”