{"id":361929,"date":"2020-01-09T21:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/?p=361929"},"modified":"2020-01-22T16:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T21:53:32","slug":"capito-sponsors-resolution-requesting-pelosi-forward-articles-of-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2020\/01\/09\/capito-sponsors-resolution-requesting-pelosi-forward-articles-of-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Capito sponsors resolution requesting Pelosi forward articles of impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHARLESTON, W.Va.<\/strong> \u2014 More than two dozen U.S. senators are demanding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate.<\/p>\n Twenty-six Republican senators \u2014 including West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito \u2014 have sponsored the resolution<\/a>, which states if Pelosi does not forward the articles, it would “set a dangerous precedent for the constitutional system of Government in the United States.”<\/p>\n Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is the bill’s lead sponsor.<\/p>\n