The two party leaders of the Senate will meet “soon” to discuss the terms of a trial to weigh impeachment articles the House passed Wednesday against President Trump.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a floor speech Thursday morning, he will meet with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, to try to find an agreement on how to proceed with a trial.
The two lawmakers are at odds over how to go forward with the trial, which has left impeachment in limbo.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said she wouldn’t send the articles to the Senate until Democrats agree to the rules that will govern the trial.
Schumer and Pelosi want the Senate to call Trump administration officials to testify, while McConnell wants to limit the trial to the case presented by House Democrats and the defense provided by White House lawyers, without additional witnesses.
“We want a fair trial,” Schumer said Thursday on the Senate floor. “The message from Leader McConnell, at the moment, is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially, no intention of getting the facts.”
Schumer added that the two would talk later.
“Despite our disagreements, I will meet with Leader McConnell soon to discuss the rules,” Schumer said.
A spokesman for McConnell said he does not know when the two will meet.
