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Showing Original Post only (View all)"I don't want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison," Pelosi said . . . [View all]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that shed like to see President Donald Trump in prison as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi met with Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several other top Democrats who are aggressively pursuing investigations against the president, according to multiple sources. Nadler and other committee leaders have been embroiled in a behind-the-scenes turf battle for weeks over ownership of the Democrats sprawling investigation into Trump.
Nadler pressed Pelosi to allow his committee to launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump the second such request hes made in recent weeks only to be rebuffed by the California Democrat and other senior leaders. Pelosi stood firm, reiterating that she isnt open to the idea of impeaching Trump at this time.
I dont want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison, Pelosi said, according to multiple Democratic sources familiar with the meeting. Instead of impeachment, Pelosi still prefers to see Trump defeated at the ballot box and then prosecuted for his alleged crimes, according to the sources.
link: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/pelosi-impeachment-1355435
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"I don't want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison," Pelosi said . . . [View all]
Vidal
Jun 2019
OP
If impeachment fails, it doesn't give him immunity from prosecution after he leaves office.
hughee99
Jun 2019
#15
+1, the party of the impeached has never fared well in elections post impeachment
uponit7771
Jun 2019
#22
Donny Deutsch thinks the Dems need to rebrand & open a pile of "criminal inquiries" instead
Hekate
Jun 2019
#8
She is doing her job. Her job isn't to issue a poll and do what some people want.
ehrnst
Jun 2019
#66
So is Nancy saying that Trump belongs in prison, but "please don't make me...
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2019
#18
She made that as an offhand statement in weekly check-in meeting, it's not a policy statement
ehrnst
Jun 2019
#67
In the scenario where Trump loses in 2020 he'll be indicted and arrested in January 2021
Vidal
Jun 2019
#38
Democrats not all agreeing with each other doesn't mean Democrats are divided
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
#41
do a practice run on AG BArr, perhaps then democrats will find their courage to go big
beachbum bob
Jun 2019
#48
Broke, incarcerated, hospitalized, permanent intervention or any combination.
gordianot
Jun 2019
#50
I'd like to see Trump in prison but the chances of that are zero. Sounds good though.
jalan48
Jun 2019
#54
Right-that's out next big hope now that the Mueller investigation fizzled out? It will never happen.
jalan48
Jun 2019
#56
We can't even impeach him and yet he might go to prison? It wasn't that long ago Mueller
jalan48
Jun 2019
#61
But once he is no longer president, he could be indicted and convicted of crimes.
Vidal
Jun 2019
#62