Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Pelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership MORE (D-Calif.) said she did not regret her decision to delay sending the articles of impeachment against President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE to the Senate.

ABC’s “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos George Robert StephanopoulosTrump ABC town hall pulls in fewer viewers than 'America's Got Talent,' NBA, Fox News The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks The Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates MORE asked the Speaker on Sunday if she had any “second thoughts” about withholding the articles from the upper chamber.

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"No, no, no," Pelosi responded,

adding that she thought the delay “produced a very positive result” in allowing more unredacted documents to surface and giving former national security adviserthe opportunity to agree to testify if subpoenaed.

She said the withholding the articles helped with “more importantly, raising the profile of the fact that we need to have witnesses and documentation and if we don’t that it's a cover up.”

"No, no, no," Speaker Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos when asked if she has "second thoughts" about waiting to send the articles of impeachment, adding that it "produced a positive result" and highlights the importance of having "witnesses and documents." https://t.co/G6Ef3GUsED pic.twitter.com/cXwBcQv09F — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 12, 2020

The House last month approved two articles of impeachment against the president – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – setting up a trial in the Senate.

But the Speaker has refused to send the articles of impeachment to the upper chamber thus far, first saying she wanted the Senate to agree to call witnesses. Then, once Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt MORE (R-Ky.) made clear he had the votes to pass a rules resolution that punted on the question of witnesses, Pelosi said she first wanted to see the measure.

Pelosi said Thursday that the articles could be sent as early as this week.