House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushes back on criticism from some Democrats that time is running out to make a decision on impeachment and that leaving it on the table risks overshadowing the party's agenda heading into the 2020 election.
House Democrats began a six-week recess this week as new fissures emerged over whether to launch an impeachment inquiry following Robert Mueller's testimony, with top Democrats preaching caution as new voices joined calls to begin the process.
"We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. Not one day sooner," she said."Everybody has the liberty and luxury to espouse their own position and to criticize me for trying to go down the path in the most determined, positive way." "I'm willing to take whatever heat there is there to say when, the decision will be made in a timely fashion, this isn't endless, and when we have the strongest possible case," she said.
Nadler, who has left aides and colleagues with the impression that he supports an impeachment effort, has repeatedly declined to back an inquiry publicly, endorsing Pelosi's push to"legislate, investigate and litigate." "We need to finish the job of amassing enough evidence for the American people," Nadler said in an MSNBC interview Thursday.
"I'm there, I want us to do what's necessary," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, a member of the House Intelligence Committee who supports impeachment, told ABC News."But if we're not going to do what's necessary, to keep giving the impression that we're thinking about it is not productive."
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