Wed Aug 22, 2018, 01:30 PM

Pelosi says impeachment 'not a priority' after Cohen's guilty plea

Source: The Hill

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said impeaching President Trump is "not a priority," despite Michael Cohen's guilty plea to campaign finance violations that implicated the president.

"Impeachment has to spring from something else," Pelosi, who has long downplayed the possibility of impeachment, told The Associated Press.

Cohen, who was Trump's longtime lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a number of tax and bank fraud charges as well as a campaign finance violation. He said in court that Trump had directed him to arrange payments to two women during his 2016 presidential campaign in exchange for their silence about alleged affairs with Trump.

"If and when the information emerges about that, we'll see," Pelosi said. "It's not a priority on the agenda going forward unless something else comes forward."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403024-pelosi-says-impeachment-not-a-priority?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Ummm...See Jerrold Nadler for what an appropriate reaction to yesterday’s developments sounds like:

https://nadler.house.gov/press-release/ranking-member-nadler-statement-felony-convictions-paul-manafort-and-michael-cohen

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Pelosi says impeachment 'not a priority' after Cohen's guilty plea (Original post)	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	OP
Pelosi is smart; she knows trump wouldn't be convicted of an impeachment.	7962	Aug 2018	#1
November will ultimately be a referendum on impeachment	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#4
November mid terms will be a referendum of having effective checks on trump	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#82
I agree with your main pont	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#86
The GOP is trying to run on impeachment to motivate trump's base	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#87
Fortunately, there are articulate people out there who are somewhat better on their feet	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#100
There is a true culture of corruption the GOP that is a great issue	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#110
It is the GOP who is pushing the talk of impeachment	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#98
Exactly! Not enough Senate votes to convict so why give him that victory?	LonePirate	Aug 2018	#5
Yeah - with the republican party America 2018	Cosmocat	Aug 2018	#43
Even if we won all the seats up for grabs in November we still would lack the votes	cstanleytech	Aug 2018	#70
It takes 67 votes in the Senate and that is not likely	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#97
We need him defeated in 2020 mostly	treestar	Aug 2018	#158
67, not 66 and impeaching him will not get us to 67.	LonePirate	Aug 2018	#159
I agree.	saidsimplesimon	Aug 2018	#28
I'm with Nancy Pelosi on this one.	underthematrix	Aug 2018	#35
Running on Impeachment	DownriverDem	Aug 2018	#45
At this time, they probably can't even get a House majority	spooky3	Aug 2018	#56
If Democrats control the House, they should open investigations, investigations, investigations....	olegramps	Aug 2018	#89
This is what lost us the house to begin with. Pelosi's refusal to impeach Bush	onit2day	Aug 2018	#121
+1000% - Dem leadership and their wobbliness is what infuriates me to no end... - n/t	mazzarro	Aug 2018	#122
A ridiculous assertion...	brooklynite	Aug 2018	#123
No. The far left was.	GulfCoast66	Aug 2018	#162
If Muellers report	MFM008	Aug 2018	#128
The priority is winning the house so we can impeach	berni_mccoy	Aug 2018	#2
That is the key. After the midterms is when that needs to be introduced. In the meantime the	still_one	Aug 2018	#8
Investigations should be opened up on several Republican Senators	berni_mccoy	Aug 2018	#11
You should have included Nunes. Not going to happen unless we get the majority, however, we should	still_one	Aug 2018	#23
I think this is whole	bdamomma	Aug 2018	#15
Exactly	DownriverDem	Aug 2018	#46
We need to win control of the House so that we have one branch that can check trump	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#83
The DNC has great polling that show that impeachment is a bad issue for Democrats	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#95
Who did the DNC poll ?	CentralMass	Aug 2018	#129
Poll finds risks for Democrats toying with impeachment promise	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#137
Yes!	ehrnst	Aug 2018	#133
Pelosi is right, no point to impeachment talk without control of House	marylandblue	Aug 2018	#3
She knows what she is doing, as usual. Talk now of impeachment WILL, without QUESTION	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2018	#29
Yea	DownriverDem	Aug 2018	#50
I agree	grantcart	Aug 2018	#165
Absolutely. First we need to win back the House in Nov.	DesertRat	Aug 2018	#31
"Don't put the cart ahead of the horse."	Hulk	Aug 2018	#6
+ a million..	Wwcd	Aug 2018	#10
First, win in November.	dalton99a	Aug 2018	#7
I agree even though I want to see Adolf Trump	workinclasszero	Aug 2018	#99
She doesn't have to talk about because some Rs	DeminPennswoods	Aug 2018	#9
I want him to resign all on his own.	ginnyinWI	Aug 2018	#12
He will never resign on his own. Putin won't let him.	meadowlander	Aug 2018	#22
If they go after his money he might	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#26
She is 100% correct. Keeping the trump noose around the GOP neck is	beachbum bob	Aug 2018	#13
+1 while keeping the Mueller noose around tRUmp at the same time.	Ponietz	Aug 2018	#60
She's right.	bearsfootball516	Aug 2018	#14
long game	heaven05	Aug 2018	#16
Given the lack of investigations during Junior's tenure for lying us into	ut oh	Aug 2018	#17
She's basically saying impeachment is off the table unless "something else comes forward"	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#51
If Pelosi calls for impeachment, then she becomes the story - instead of Trump's crimes.	NYC Liberal	Aug 2018	#18
There needs to be clear charges against Trump.	apnu	Aug 2018	#19
I don't want him Impeached,I want control of the House or Senate or BOTH........	Bengus81	Aug 2018	#20
Don't give the GOP an issue to run on	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2018	#21
Now is not the time to even talk about impeachment, that's what republicans want to see.	George II	Aug 2018	#24
Smart woman	leftynyc	Aug 2018	#25
Maybe she should just take a page from Trump's book	Mr.Bill	Aug 2018	#27
That would have been better	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#32
I so agree with you! nt	jrthin	Aug 2018	#108
I think she's doing the right thing.	cab67	Aug 2018	#30
cats will play with their prey before killing them	DBoon	Aug 2018	#33
The first step to making rabbit stew is to catch some rabbits.	Vinnie From Indy	Aug 2018	#34
Excellent response. What we don't want is to be seen chomping at	sinkingfeeling	Aug 2018	#36
I think the Democrats would need 2/3rds of the house before impeachment	elmac	Aug 2018	#37
Simple majority ...	GeorgeGist	Aug 2018	#40
Rebellion generally springs from the young ...	GeorgeGist	Aug 2018	#38
This.	CentralMass	Aug 2018	#130
Most Americans are not looking for a rebellion	GulfCoast66	Aug 2018	#163
I like Nadler's response better for sure.	Lucky Luciano	Aug 2018	#39
good for her, democrats running don't need to spend time answering	JI7	Aug 2018	#41
That's correct, Ms. Pelosi.	SergeStorms	Aug 2018	#42
Smart woman, that. GOTV first.	Hekate	Aug 2018	#44
She's right with what we have now.	inwiththenew	Aug 2018	#47
She's right	mcar	Aug 2018	#48
A devils advocate argument	LiberalLovinLug	Aug 2018	#49
Jerrold Nadler isn't calling for impeachment either. What's your point, BeyondGeography?	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#52
He brands Trump as a criminal	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#55
Oh bullshit. Pelosi does NOT "exonerate" Shitler.	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#61
And you're overly invested	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#65
You're overly invested in bashing Pelosi.	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#67
One step forward	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#68
She makes no "steps back."	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#69
Since you went and looked up Jerrold Nadler's statement, why don't you do for Pelosi's statement?	George II	Aug 2018	#74
May I reccommend some courses in political science?	yardwork	Aug 2018	#147
Yep. Makes me wonder how anyone can still not understand..	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2018	#151
#facknews !	stonecutter357	Aug 2018	#154
With age and experience comes wisdom.	Freethinker65	Aug 2018	#53
Agreed.	Roadside Attraction	Aug 2018	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	apnu	Aug 2018	#57
"Ummm" I read Nadler's position. He's not suggesting impeachment, either.	LanternWaste	Aug 2018	#58
...	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#63
You're moving the goalposts.	LanternWaste	Aug 2018	#64
Drop "impeachment" chatter AND dissolving ICE....	Hulk	Aug 2018	#59
Yes, sure losers, and even if they succeed, it's not helpful.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Aug 2018	#72
Sen. Elizabeth Warren also declined to call for impeachment proceedings...	LanternWaste	Aug 2018	#62
Pelosi's right	awesomerwb1	Aug 2018	#66
Agreed the focus should be on tying Trump around the necks of every Repugnant like an anchor and let	cstanleytech	Aug 2018	#71
Follow up - Jerrold Nadler didn't say anything substantly different that what Pelosi said, and his..	George II	Aug 2018	#73
Tell me what wasn't inept about saying we don't have enough right now to impeach Trump	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#77
Well, since you're referring back to your original characterization, why don't you tell me....	George II	Aug 2018	#84
Pelosi did not say we "don't have enough right now to impeach Trump."	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#88
Pelosi is smart enough to know what TO say, and what NOT TO say. I trust her.	NurseJackie	Aug 2018	#75
the usual antagonistic spin on Pelosi's statements..	JHan	Aug 2018	#76
Yes it is. I wonder what Bernie had to say about it.	NurseJackie	Aug 2018	#79
in that case they'll say...	JHan	Aug 2018	#85
Here's Bernie's response. Like Pelosi, and Warren, no call for impeachment.	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#91
So why is Pelosi being attacked on this?	NurseJackie	Aug 2018	#92
All good questions, NurseJackie!	SunSeeker	Aug 2018	#105
Nancy Pelosi...	MontanaMama	Aug 2018	#78
Impeachment is not viable unless you can get 67 senate votes	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#80
Still trying to win	maxrandb	Aug 2018	#81
+1 n/t	Hotler	Aug 2018	#145
Has ZIP to do with that, she is aware what will happen if impeachment is an issue right now, today	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2018	#152
Politics...	Mike Nelson	Aug 2018	#90
Nadler is calling for a lot of stuff, all good. Not impeachment though.	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2018	#93
I agree with Rep. Jefferies-we need to run against the cover up caucus	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#94
Pelosi is out of touch and about a year behind the curve...	JCMach1	Aug 2018	#96
No, Nancy isn't "out of touch".. many people on this	Cha	Aug 2018	#124
I supported her in the recent past, so not a light decision	JCMach1	Aug 2018	#125
I think your idea of the base, and mine, are very different	GulfCoast66	Aug 2018	#164
It's weird that removing the greatest threat to the country is a low priority.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#101
How about this	BlueWI	Aug 2018	#102
Nancy Pelosi knows what she is doing. I support her wholeheartedly. She knows that the GOP	skylucy	Aug 2018	#103
Unless it's "off the table" then too.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#111
Trump is a russian asset.	orangecrush	Aug 2018	#104
We need congress.	joshcryer	Aug 2018	#106
So Impeachment is off the table yet again?	Farmer-Rick	Aug 2018	#107
Democrats are afraid to do the right thing.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#112
In contrast the GOP openly ran on impeaching Hillary.	CentralMass	Aug 2018	#131
wait until Mueller releases his report on the entire thing	lapfog_1	Aug 2018	#109
If he is guilty as hell, then it's not too early.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#113
because Mueller hasn't released his report or indicted Trump...	lapfog_1	Aug 2018	#114
Are we really afraid of the Trump base that much?	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#115
anything we can do to suppress the trump base turnout	lapfog_1	Aug 2018	#116
I have to think the majority of us are patriots.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#117
Clearly that statement isn't true for something like 60,000,000 people that voted	lapfog_1	Aug 2018	#118
I would hope that some have learned.	Gore1FL	Aug 2018	#120
Can we please just learn how to message?	meadowlander	Aug 2018	#119
But we have quite enough to be hella suspicious	JCMach1	Aug 2018	#126
That too.	meadowlander	Aug 2018	#127
That won't work with the die hards who hate her - and I'm talking Democrats. (nt)	ehrnst	Aug 2018	#134
All legitimate criticism is not reflective of hatred and the parade of -isms that tends to accompany	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#135
Well good, because 1. It's not possible right now and 2.	ehrnst	Aug 2018	#132
From Nancy Pelosi	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#136
Whoever wrote that tweet did a good job, but it's missing a key word	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#138
The GOP culture of corruption is an issue that Democrats can win on	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#139
Here are 5 ways House Democrats can destroy Trump -- even if they can't get the Senate to impeach hi	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#140
Exactly - I want to see him squirm	Retrograde	Aug 2018	#150
There is a party talking a lot about the impeachment of President Trump--the GOP.	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#141
Opinion: Putin Appears To Be Attacking Nancy Pelosi And Some Progressives Are Falling For It	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#142
Stop kicking this thread with nonsense	BeyondGeography	Aug 2018	#143
Putin attacking Nancy Pelosi is not nonsense	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#144
And we are seeing here a lot. I guess that is the way it is gonna be, here.	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2018	#153
Russia is pushing these attacks on Nancy Pelosi	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#156
Thank you for posting this. I think that some of our fellow DUers are being taken in.	yardwork	Aug 2018	#148
The Minority Party doesn't have the votes, unless it becomes the Majority. So GOTV, complainers,...	Hekate	Aug 2018	#146
Very smart tactical move	jmowreader	Aug 2018	#149
I agree with Pelosi's approach	matt819	Aug 2018	#155
She is never big on impeachment, but then she requires	treestar	Aug 2018	#157
Wise move to not energize the radical right	delisen	Aug 2018	#160
The GOP is circulating a list of investigations that they are afraid of	Gothmog	Aug 2018	#161

Response to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2018, 01:32 PM

7962 (11,841 posts)

1. Pelosi is smart; she knows trump wouldn't be convicted of an impeachment.

Waste of time to start non stop hearings about it when its not going to happen. She also remembers the GOP results after the Clinton impeachment.

Pelosi says impeachment 'not a priority' after Cohen's guilty plea

1. Pelosi is smart; she knows trump wouldn't be convicted of an impeachment.

4. November will ultimately be a referendum on impeachment

82. November mid terms will be a referendum of having effective checks on trump

86. I agree with your main pont

87. The GOP is trying to run on impeachment to motivate trump's base

100. Fortunately, there are articulate people out there who are somewhat better on their feet

110. There is a true culture of corruption the GOP that is a great issue

98. It is the GOP who is pushing the talk of impeachment

5. Exactly! Not enough Senate votes to convict so why give him that victory?

43. Yeah - with the republican party America 2018

70. Even if we won all the seats up for grabs in November we still would lack the votes

97. It takes 67 votes in the Senate and that is not likely

158. We need him defeated in 2020 mostly

159. 67, not 66 and impeaching him will not get us to 67.

28. I agree.

35. I'm with Nancy Pelosi on this one.

45. Running on Impeachment

56. At this time, they probably can't even get a House majority

89. If Democrats control the House, they should open investigations, investigations, investigations....

121. This is what lost us the house to begin with. Pelosi's refusal to impeach Bush

122. +1000% - Dem leadership and their wobbliness is what infuriates me to no end... - n/t

123. A ridiculous assertion...

162. No. The far left was.

128. If Muellers report

2. The priority is winning the house so we *can* impeach

8. That is the key. After the midterms is when that needs to be introduced. In the meantime the

11. Investigations should be opened up on several Republican Senators

23. You should have included Nunes. Not going to happen unless we get the majority, however, we should

15. I think this is whole

46. Exactly

83. We need to win control of the House so that we have one branch that can check trump

95. The DNC has great polling that show that impeachment is a bad issue for Democrats

129. Who did the DNC poll ?

137. Poll finds risks for Democrats toying with impeachment promise

133. Yes!

3. Pelosi is right, no point to impeachment talk without control of House

29. She knows what she is doing, as usual. Talk now of impeachment WILL, without QUESTION

50. Yea

165. I agree

31. Absolutely. First we need to win back the House in Nov.

6. "Don't put the cart ahead of the horse."

10. + a million..

7. First, win in November.

99. I agree even though I want to see Adolf Trump

9. She doesn't have to talk about because some Rs

12. I want him to resign all on his own.

22. He will never resign on his own. Putin won't let him.

26. If they go after his money he might

13. She is 100% correct. Keeping the trump noose around the GOP neck is

60. +1 while keeping the Mueller noose around tRUmp at the same time.

14. She's right.

16. long game

17. Given the lack of investigations during Junior's tenure for lying us into

51. She's basically saying impeachment is off the table unless "something else comes forward"

18. If Pelosi calls for impeachment, then she becomes the story - instead of Trump's crimes.

19. There needs to be clear charges against Trump.

20. I don't want him Impeached,I want control of the House or Senate or BOTH........

21. Don't give the GOP an issue to run on

24. Now is not the time to even talk about impeachment, that's what republicans want to see.

25. Smart woman

27. Maybe she should just take a page from Trump's book

32. That would have been better

108. I so agree with you! nt

30. I think she's doing the right thing.

33. cats will play with their prey before killing them

34. The first step to making rabbit stew is to catch some rabbits.

36. Excellent response. What we don't want is to be seen chomping at

37. I think the Democrats would need 2/3rds of the house before impeachment

40. Simple majority ...

38. Rebellion generally springs from the young ...

130. This.

163. Most Americans are not looking for a rebellion

39. I like Nadler's response better for sure.

41. good for her, democrats running don't need to spend time answering

42. That's correct, Ms. Pelosi.

44. Smart woman, that. GOTV first.

47. She's right with what we have now.

48. She's right

49. A devils advocate argument

2. The priority is winning the house so we can impeach