It's IMPEACHMENT, not "Simon Says" [View all]
Is it impeachment if Speaker Pelosi doesn't say so?
Pelosi has been a moderating force in her divided caucus, as liberals push to impeach and centrist Democrats are wary of fixating on Trump. She's been consistent in her restraint. But in having it both ways, opening the door to impeachment while not leading the charge, she was giving space for different opinions but leaving Democrats with a mixed message.
By approving ground rules for impeachment hearings Thursday, the Judiciary Committee sparked the questions anew.
"If we have to go there, we'll have to go there," Pelosi said Thursday about the impeachment investigation. "But we can't go there until we have the facts."
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said there's no uncertainty about what his committee is doing: It's an impeachment investigation, no matter how you want to phrase it.
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"Some call this process an impeachment inquiry. Some call it an impeachment investigation. There is no legal difference between these terms, and I no longer care to argue about the nomenclature," Nadler, D-N.Y., said earlier as he opened the meeting.
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