Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) said Sunday that "there was no joy" at the ceremony where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) signed the House's articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Maybe Nancy Pelosi held on to the impeachment articles because she was waiting for her pens to arrive. The fancy commemorative ball points, featuring the speaker's name engraved in gold, that Pelosi gave to colleagues at Wednesday's engrossment ceremony quickly became the subject of mockery. Republicans saw them as emblematic of Democratic partisanship and triviality. "Nothing says seriousness and sobriety like handing out souvenirs," said Mitch McConnell. "As though this were a happy bill-signing instead of the gravest process in our Constitution."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Wednesday handed out commemorative pens to her impeachment managers while posing for pictures with them—a departure from proceedings she has said should be serious and somber.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) once called impeachment a "solemn" event that should not be tainted by partisanship, but he quickly changed his tune as House Democrats ratified impeachment articles.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) tapped Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) to take the lead on impeachment on Wednesday, as Democrats prepare their case for a trial before the Republican-controlled Senate.
Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's impeachment strategy to temporarily withhold articles of impeachment from the Senate has failed.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Tuesday floated a conspiracy theory that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) may have Russian connections.
In private, many Democrats have called Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D., Calif.) decision to withhold articles of impeachment from the Senate a "failed strategy," according to a Washington Post reporter.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Sunday said she is waiting to see what the Senate does with her first batch of articles of impeachment before confirming whether to issue new ones.
Mitch McConnell was clear when he addressed the Senate December 18: Any impeachment trial of President Trump would follow the precedent established by the trial of President Clinton 20 years ago.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) said Sunday that "there was no joy" at the ceremony where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) signed the House's articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. 
