The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will likely begin next Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing a Wednesday vote to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met privately with House Democrats on Tuesday to discuss the next steps in the process, a month after the historic House vote to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

If the articles are sent to the Senate, it will kick off the proceedings of a trial against President Trump, which could begin within a matter of days.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) will hold meetings Tuesday behind closed doors with Republican Senators to negotiate the terms of a trial. The party has pushed back against the Trump White House's recommendation of voting to dismiss the articles against the President. 

Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House in December on charges of abuse of power for pushing Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and for obstruction of Congress on the probe.