Dems shake up their strategy as they move closer to impeachment
House Democrats on Friday took a major step forward in their legal fight against President Donald Trump — one that looks much like the beginning of impeachment, even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to resist a formal inquiry.special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand-jury information complicates the far more cautious message on impeachment coming from Pelosi and her top deputies.
“We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed — not one day sooner,” the California Democrat said at her weekly press conference. “We’re crossing a threshold, absolutely,” said Rep. Veronica Escobar , who was among 10 Democrats standing alongside Nadler Friday who publicly support an impeachment inquiry.
“I don’t know that there are real divisions with the speaker,” Nadler said, adding that he agrees with Pelosi that House Democrats should be able to make the “strongest possible case.” Nadler has, on multiple occasions, explained to Pelosi in private the benefits of launching a formal impeachment inquiry — only to be rebuffed.
Pelosi on Friday denied accusations from some on the party’s left that she and other top Democrats have intentionally dragged their feet on impeachment.Several lawmakers have privately speculated that Pelosi and other top Democrats have sought to drag out investigations and court battles in hopes of stalling the impeachment push through the fall — when it becomes less politically feasible — though none have gone so far as to formally criticize her decision.
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