LINCOLN – Gov.  Pete Ricketts issued a statement Tuesday regarding Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump.

 Ricketts: “Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have wasted countless hours and millions of taxpayer dollars trying to remove a duly elected President.  Their sham articles of impeachment have come at the expense of the American people’s priorities, such as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement which has been delayed for over a year.  Should House Democrats vote to impeach, I expect President Trump to be fully exonerated by the Senate.”

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to debate and vote on the two articles of impeachment later this week.

 The articles, charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, would be considered separately. 

The committee's vote would send the impeachment articles to the House floor for a vote by Christmas.

Next would come a Senate trial, likely in 2020.

  Dan Swanson

 

 Senators would act as jurors and select House members to act as prosecutors, or impeachment managers.

If the Senate approves an article of impeachment with a two-thirds vote of “guilty,” the president is convicted and removed from office. If articles are rejected, the president is acquitted.