If Nancy Pelosi would choose to tweak her announcement and not send both articles of impeachment to the Senate, but send only the second article on obstruction, it would be a bit of tactical brilliance.
As for the First Article, there already is enough evidence to convict. The first article of impeachment effectively charges the president with shaking down Ukraine.
Then, she could send only the second article, on obstruction, for trial. The Second Article is open and shut: Trump obstructed justice by stonewalling on producing witnesses and documents. There are no “genuine issues of material fact” — the standard for obtaining a summary judgment without the need for trial.
Or she could transmit them both, along with a House-approved provision advising the Senate that if it fails to obtain adequate witnesses and documents, the House will reopen the investigation into Article I and subpoena that material itself.
This strategy has been excerpted from another article of similar thought.
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