The Democrat led House, which claimed impeaching President Trump was urgent, left for vacation without transmitting the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, as Reuters reports:

“Lawmakers who control the fate of President Trump left Washington for a holiday break on Friday with no agreement over how they will handle the Senate trial to consider his impeachment charges in January.

Trump stands little chance of being convicted and removed from office by the Republican-controlled Senate, which will weigh the two impeachment charges that were passed on Wednesday by the Democratic-led House of Representatives.

Republicans and Democrats are at loggerheads over how the trial will play out. Democrats want to call top Trump aides as witnesses, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet sent the impeachment package to the Senate, a bid to increase pressure on Republicans in the upper chamber.

Alan Dershowitz, a high-profile lawyer who may join Trump’s legal team for the trial, said he thought the Senate could press ahead even if Pelosi never sent the impeachment articles.

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“The defendant has a right to a speedy trial and the president has the right to a disposition by the Senate if he chooses,” Dershowitz said in an interview. Another person familiar with Trump’s legal team echoed that view.

Many Republican lawmakers prefer a quick trial and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has dismissed the idea of calling witnesses. He said Democrats are delaying because they have lost confidence in their case.

The House will not be able to send over the impeachment articles until it reconvenes on Jan. 7, at the earliest, according to a Democratic congressional aide. The Senate is due to return on Jan. 3 but will not hold votes until Jan. 6, according to McConnell.

Trump has dismissed his impeachment as a hoax and partisan bid to undo his surprise 2016 election win. He says he did nothing wrong.

A Senate trial would kick off a politically charged year.

The trial could pose logistical challenges for the four Democratic senators in the race, as the first nominating contest takes place in Iowa on Feb. 3, as well as for Democrats up for re-election in conservative-leaning House districts.

Republican groups have been running ads targeting Democrats they perceive as vulnerable because of their impeachment votes.

Some 31 House Democrats represent districts that backed Trump in 2016, but only three voted against impeachment on Wednesday. One of those lawmakers changed parties on Thursday.”

Democrats are the lowest of the low.

If it was so urgent to impeach the President that it couldn’t wait, that their work product had to be “slapdash,” why go on vacation and leave the whole thing in limbo?

Makes no sense, except that Democrats know their case is weaker than weak, and they pray for some miracle to make it stronger.

Sad, and pathetic.

Democrats have brought the country to the brink, but don’t even have the courage to move forward in a constitutional manner.

Shows you once again just who is REALLY abusing their power.

Reuters contributed to this report.