Nancy Pelosi: Mueller Doesn't Have to Indict Trump for Congress to Impeach Him

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But the congresswoman says she isn’t planning to go down that road—yet.
Edward-Isaac Dovere
Nov 11, 2018

Pelosi said she won’t let Robert Mueller define the decision.

“Recognize one point,” Pelosi told me during an interview in the conference room of her minority-leader suite in the Capitol late Friday: “What Mueller might not think is indictable could be impeachable.”

Maybe there’s something else in his tax returns. Maybe there’s something that’s beyond the special counsel’s scope. Maybe there’s something Trump has yet to do. “That’s why we want to see the documents,” Pelosi said. “Because we’re seeking truth. We’re seeking truth for the American people about the integrity of our elections, and honoring the Constitution.”

Impeachment wasn’t a big topic during any of the midterm campaigns, but it is a big worry among Democratic operatives and politicians in Washington. The fever among the base to take down Trump is so high, they worry, and the president’s eagerness to overreach and pick fights is so core to who he is, that it can seem like they’ll go right from reading Mueller’s expected report to filing articles of impeachment. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/why-nancy-pelosi-might-impeach-trump/575560/

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2. Is "Oink" a nick-name for Teflon Don?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211418050

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11. Even before he was elected Trump evaded prosecution for serious crimes, just like Teflon Don

Teflon Don was originally a Mafia Don, prosecutors could not convict for a very long time.

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3. Nancy is exactly correct

Congress doesn't need any indictments for impeachment. However, they will need to see Mueller's findings, that will add a little fire to the flames.

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4. Go, Nancy. I wish the freshman congresscritters would stop rising to journalistic bait ....

...on the subject of a Pelosi Speakership. Saw another young woman just today saying she was not going to vote for Nancy Pelosi because "new leadership," and could not help thinking how dumb that answer is for a person who has not even been seated yet. AFAIAC the best thing to say in this moment is some version of, "That will be up to a vote of the entire Democratic caucus, and we will see what happens." And keep saying it.

IMO, Nancy Pelosi knows what she is doing -- but her future will indeed be up for a vote of her colleagues.

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7. Exactly, Hekate..

Pelosi: I am on a mission

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11418003

Link to tweet

Amanpour interviews Congressman-elect Tom Malinowski (D flipped seat that was R since '81)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11406195

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6. Thank YOu for, Nancy, JG!

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8. I'm guessing that Republicans are hoping that Democrats waste time impeaching Trump

with zero chance of convicting him because that worked out so well for the Republicans when they did it to Bill Clinton.

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12. There are is a disproportionate number of "auto removed" names and messages on this OP on 11/13/18

They weren't auto removed at midnight last night. hmmm

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9. Go Nancy

Frighten the shit out of the melting orange poopsicle.

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13. Idiot politicians a Fox News talking heads won't sway new Democrats in Congress

Without impeachments, Pelosi could be our next president