 One striking thing about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to delay sending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate is that she doesn't actually have any real leverage. Senate Republicans are free to ignore the articles passed by Democrats in the House of Representatives on Dec. 18. Indeed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that's exactly what he's doing. Pelosi's move calls to mind the threat by Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles" to kill himself when he's about to be lynched. And yet … that's not quite the end of the story. What Pelosi and House Democrats (plus independent Representative Justin Amash, the Michigan libertarian who left the Republican Party last July) want is to use the Senate trial to force new information about Trump's actions to be revealed. They are convinced that such information would be incriminating and would harm Trump and his supporters. Read the whole thing. John Bolton Is Bluffing — Noah Feldman Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois. Hello … Where? — Justin Fox Putin Now Needs a Plan B on Iran — Leonid Bershidsky Carlos Ghosn Strikes Back, and Nissan Should Beware — Joe Nocera Jack Ma Hails a Cheaper Singapore Ride Than Grab — Andy Mukherjee Carlos Ghosn Is Back in Corporate Housing — Matt Levine A Taiwanese Election That's Not All About China — Tim Culpan As Carlos Ghosn Speaks Out, France's Silence Is Deafening — Lionel Laurent Iran Won't Be Satisfied by Iraq Missile Attacks — Bobby Ghosh This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the 10 most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week, based on web readership, plus some other stuff sometimes thrown in. | 
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