BREAKING NEWS: Nancy Pelosi names the seven Democrats who will manage Donald Trump’s Senate trial and puts Adam Schiff in the lead, saying it will be ‘an impeachment that lasts forever’

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday morning that seven Democrats would serve as impeachment managers 
• She made it official that Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff would lead the effort, alongside Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler 
• Pelosi also named a  handful of Judiciary Committee members to the role, including Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Zoe Lofgren, Val Demings and Sylvia Garcia
• She also selected Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, for the task to represent the House’s case during the Senate trial 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced seven impeachment managers Wednesday morning in advance of a House vote that will move the articles onto the Senate for a trial of President Trump.

Pelosi made official that House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff would lead the effort, along with Judiciary Committee Chairman Nadler.

In the House, Schiff and Nadler’s committees handled impeachment, which Pelosi called Wednesday, ‘an impeachment that would last forever.’

The speaker also named the No. 5 Democrat in the House, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, as a manager. Jeffries is a member of the Judiciary Committee.  As are Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Val Demings and Sylvia Garcia, named Wednesday by the speaker. She also picked Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

The managers will deliver the two articles of impeachment – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday.

      House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center) announced impeachment managers Wednesday morning including House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (left) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (right) 

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