Nancy Pelosi Insistent On Trump Impeachment Trial But Mum On Timing

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to set a date Thursday for sending the impeachment article against Donald Trump to the Senate but insisted a trial "must" proceed despite Republican opposition, as President Joe Biden appealed for unity.

"It will be soon. I don't think it will be long, but we must do it," the top Democrat in Congress told reporters.

She added that the Senate will need to determine the structure of a trial of Trump, who would be the first ex-president ever to face such a process in Congress.