Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke out about newly-released documents linking the president to his attorney Rudy Giuliani’s political digging in Ukraine on Wednesday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced the name of 7 House Democrats who will act as impeachment trial managers, and make the case against President Donald Trump in the Senate.
The managers are: Reps. Adam Schiff of California, Jerry Nadler of New York, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Jason Crow of Colorado, Zoe Lofgren of California, Val Demings of Florida, and Sylvia Garcia of Texas.
The managers have varied biographies: Schiff was a federal prosecutor, Demings was a police chief, several were litigators in private practice, and Lofgren was a staffer on the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon impeachment and a House member during the Clinton impeachment.
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The trial is set to begin on Tuesday; its not yet clear if witnesses will be called.
Earlier today, Pelosi spoke out about newly-released documents linking Trump directly to his attorney Rudy Giulianis political digging in Ukraine, saying they highlighted the need for witness testimony at the impeachment trial.
“There can be no full & fair trial in the Senate if Leader McConnell blocks the Senate from hearing witnesses and obtaining documents President Trump is covering up,” Pelosi said in one tweet.
The President has fought tooth-and-nail to keep thousands of documents away from the public,” the speaker said in another tweet. “And no wonder each time new pieces come out, they show President Trump right at the center of the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
The documents part of the evidence turned over to House impeachment investigators by lawyers for Lev Parnas, a Giuliani associate who is awaiting trial on campaign finance charges include a letter from Giuliani requesting a private meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, then the president-elect of Ukraine, with Trump’s “knowledge and consent.”
The letter, written on Giuliani’s letterhead, was dated May 10, 2018.
Trump has previously tried to distance himself from his attorney’s Ukraine work, saying in November, “I didn’t direct him.”
There can be no full & fair trial in the Senate if Leader McConnell blocks the Senate from hearing witnesses and obtaining documents President Trump is covering up. #DefendOurDemocracy
Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 15, 2020
But the documents, which were released on Tuesday by House Democrats, appear to bolster House Democrats’ claim that Trump was more than aware of Giuliani’s efforts to find dirt in Ukraine on political rival Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee.
House Democrats are expected to vote on sending the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate, where Trump will be tried. Pelosi held the articles in the House for weeks, seeking to negotiate an agreement for witness testimony in the Senate. McConnell rebuffed her efforts to negotiate a deal, and the nations third presidential impeachment trial in American history is set to begin next week.
The president complained earlier this week that he didn’t receive a fair “trial” in the House of Representatives. Impeachment trials only occur in the Senate, while the House is charged with investigating and deciding whether a trial should occur.