New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she is fully convinced that Democrats will regain control of the US House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections, paving the way for Hakeem Jeffries to assume the speakership.

Speaking on ABC's This Week, Pelosi argued that a Democratic victory would restore Congress's institutional authority and reassert the House as an effective check on President Donald Trump.

"Hakeem Jeffries is ready. He is eloquent. He is respected by the members; he is a unifier," Pelosi said, expressing unambiguous confidence in her party's current House leader.

When asked whether she could imagine any circumstances in which Jeffries would fail to become speaker if Democrats won the c...