Close Pelosi ally Rep. Jan Schakowsky backs impeachment inquiry

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Source: Washington Post

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), a member of the House Democratic leadership, is calling for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, arguing that doing so will allow lawmakers to obtain more evidence of the president’s alleged misconduct.

The move is likely to put greater pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has repeatedly rebuffed calls from members of her caucus to open such an inquiry.

“Today, I am announcing that I believe that the House of Representatives should begin an impeachment inquiry, officially, because President Trump certainly has committed all kinds of offenses that meet the standard of impeachment, high crimes and misdemeanors,” Schakowsky said in a video posted on her official website late Wednesday.

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“Instituting the impeachment inquiry will actually enable us to get more information, more documents, have the force of the Constitution behind us to get even more evidence of the president’s deserving to be impeached,” she said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/close-pelosi-ally-rep-jan-schakowsky-backs-impeachment-inquiry/2019/06/20/9d0d391c-934f-11e9-b58a-a6a9afaa0e3e_story.html?utm_term=.d90fc436119a

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Hope Hicks and the White House lawyers show yesterday should have been the last straw.
We have 272 proven contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia and the Mueller
report gave 10 cases of obstruction of justice by Trump and company. Enough is enough
and if therepublicans in the senate want to stand should to shoulder with that traitor fine,
let 'em.

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1. I am starting to think the speaker is hoping

For a clean and possible landslide 2020 election for the democratic nominee. Where she can say trump himself killed his chances.

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2. A charitable stretch to call her "a member of the House Democratic leadership"

Party leadership in the House is usually considered the Speaker, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Assistant Speaker, and Caucus Chairman

Chief Deputy Whips are not elected by the caucus, they're appointed by the Majority Whip and are almost literally a dime a dozen. I'm pretty sure there are at least ten of them this cycle.

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3. Jan has done plenty of stuff along with being a 20 year membership in the House to be called ...

... a leader.

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4. "A" leader sure.

But we have dozens of those. Half the caucus has some sort of leadership responsibility

But we both know that the intent of labeling her "a member of leadership" (normally reserved for those elected by the caucus to... you know... lead?) and "close Pelosi ally" is to hint that impeachment has taken a big step forward. That Pelosi is starting to come around. That Pelosi wouldn't have let her say this unless she was sending a message.

There's no reason to believe that any of that is true.

Now... if Hoyer or Clyburn said that same thing. That would be news.

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5. "a slowly growing chorus of calls from almost 70 House members..." 3 more Dems added to list...

Pelosi ally, freshmen Democrats join calls for Trump impeachment


https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/06/20/pelosi-ally-freshmen-democrat-join-calls-for-trump-impeachment/KMUCjg2BDvlnjBHuzTBZvK/story.html
By Laurie Kellman Associated Press,June 20, 2019, an hour ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more Democrats have joined a slowly growing group calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, including a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Democrat who flipped a Republican district.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a congressional veteran, said in a Twitter video that Trump ‘‘certainly has committed all kinds of offenses that meet the standard’’ for a formal charge by the House. Rep. Sean Casten told the Chicago Sun-Times that he wants Congress to use ‘‘every tool’’ to investigate Trump, even if that means paying a political price in the 2020 elections. And California Rep. Tony Cardenas tweeted that he came to the decision after studying special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.



The two Illinois lawmakers spoke out Wednesday evening, shortly after former White House aide Hope Hicks refused to answer House Judiciary Committee questions about Trump during his presidency. The new statements highlight a slowly growing chorus of calls from almost 70 House members for an impeachment inquiry, though Democrats still oppose such a move. And Pelosi has resisted launching official proceedings without broad bipartisan support.

On Wednesday night, Schakowsky left that camp.

‘‘The House of Representatives should begin an impeachment inquiry officially, because President Trump certainly has committed all kinds of offenses that meet the standard of impeachment,’’ she said in the tweeted video.

Casten on the same day set himself apart from many of the Democrats’ most vulnerable freshmen who helped flip the House from Republican control in 2018.

‘‘I am in favor of initiating an impeachment inquiry,’’ he told the Chicago Sun-Times in remarks confirmed by a spokeswoman.

All three lawmakers said launching an impeachment inquiry would give the House more legal strength to compel information from a president who has vowed not to cooperate with Democratic investigations.

‘‘We cannot allow Trump to continue to obstruct Congress’s investigation and prevent us from getting to the truth,’’ Cardenas said in a statement posted on Twitter. ‘‘We have come up against a wall. It is time to break down that wall.’’.....................................

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6. K & R