WASHINGTON _ Democrats have won a historic victory with the impeachment of President Donald Trump. But the moment they send charges of high crimes and misdemeanors to the Senate is the moment they will lose control over his fate.
With articles of impeachment soon headed to the Republican-led chamber for a trial of Trump, Democrats are debating how to proceed in a way that maximizes their leverage over a president firmly supported by Senate loyalists already prepared to acquit him.
Democratic lawmakers are weighing whether to withhold the transmission of impeachment articles to the Senate until a bipartisan agreement is reached that would govern trial procedure.
