Pelosi: Impeachment may expand beyond Ukraine.

[triron]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/468563-pelosi-suggests-impeachment-could-expand-beyond-ukraine

[bdamomma]

1. I kind of wish

they would just focus on one thing and get this bastard out. tRump is a thug and has done numerous illegal acts, let's get with it, with the public hearings. Some Americans do not really have long attention span for these things. Strike while the iron is hot!!!

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. Pelosi may be looking ahead to the Senate trial,

and may be thinking that Senate GOPers might be swayed by an overwhelming case that Trumpy committed many documented crimes and WILL CONTINUE to commit crimes if he's acquitted. Senate GOPers will have to understand that it is THEY who will be responsible for Trumpy's continued crimes if they vote for acquittal.

[uponit7771]

28. +1, The longer this runs the more American's hate Trump. MAGA Cult wont be changed

[Garrett78]

12. There's no way the Ukraine affair alone will get a conviction.

I'm not sure anything would get 20 Republican Senators and Manchin to convict. But they've already made up their minds with regard to the Trump-Zelensky story. They will continue to lie, obfuscate and claim there's no justification for impeachment much less removal, while a few will express mild "concern."

Trump's deputy assistant was on NPR this morning claiming that Trump's reference to Biden had to do with 2016 and Ukraine's handling of corruption. Trump didn't use the words "my 2020 political rival," therefore he's innocent. It's madness, but there you have it.

[PSPS]

19. Pelosi knows what she's doing.

[Pluvious]

30. Plus she knows way more than we do n/t

[Garrett78]

31. She does, but we also know a hell of a lot. Such as...

...emoluments violations, federal records act violations, inciting violence, obstruction of justice, money laundering, sexual assault, campaign finance violations, etc.

[Garrett78]

2. It will have to in order to have any chance at a conviction.

[lark]

3. Good news!

He is a criminal in so many ways and we'd be doing a disservice to future generations to low ball the complaint and not include any of his many other crimes - witness tampering, many many charges of obstruction of justice, criminal bribery, acting against America's best interests and in the interest of a hostile foreign country, campaign finance violations, many emoluments violations.

I look forward to seeing what is included and hope it is enough to help protect us from things like this in the future.

[dware]

4. As it should be.

All of his criminal activities need to be shown to the general public that the Rparty will really have no choice but to vote to convict and remove this stain upon the world.

[maxsolomon]

5. WJC was 'Peached for more than Perjury.

there were obstruction charges, as well.

Sauce for the Goose is sauce for the Gander. Hang every possible charge on him.

[real Cannabis calm]

6. K&R

[Frustratedlady]

7. Good. I strongly believe there are far worse crimes he has committed than the phone call...

even though it is bad enough. His financial crimes are probably more critical and we don't even know about many of them, I'm sure. Particularly, money he has received from foreign countries/entities. Obstruction alone would be another.

[Roland99]

8. More details....

Pelosi on Friday emphasized that the decision on articles of impeachment will be up to the committees handling the inquiry. She did not rule out the possibility that the obstruction of justice allegations against Trump in Mueller's report could come up.

"What we're talking about now is taking us into a whole other class of objection to what the president has done. And there may be other — there were 11 obstruction of justice provisions in the Mueller report. Perhaps some of them will be part of this," Pelosi said during an interview with Bloomberg Television. "But again, that will be part of the inquiry, to see where we go."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. it's a target-rich environment -- do what you need to Speaker Pelosi

Oh, and -ugh- thehill.com

[ritapria]

11. Dems need to include the 3 worst Obstrcution charges outlined in Mueller Report

Nixon was routed out of the WH on obstruction …...We shouldn't normalize felonious conduct

[spooky3]

14. Agree--and/or a couple of collusion issues. People can

“Get it” if it’s laid out clearly. Mueller was unwilling to buck the DOJ guidelines and was obstructed from getting some conspiracy evidence, but congress could get it.

[spooky3]

13. Good!!! I understand her wanting to keep things

Simple to persuade voters. But I am afraid if the focus is exclusively on Ukraine it will be too easy for the GOP to convince the rubes that even if Trump is guilty is hell, this simply isn’t a matter to get upset about. There need to be several distinct issues.

[gratuitous]

15. Predicted Republican Reaction: No way!

It's illegal to impeach for more than one thing! Unconstitutional! Sham! Whaaaa! Witch Hunt!!!

[malaise]

16. Keep walking Speaker Nancy

Keep those boots on his you know where!

[StarfishSaver]

17. I suspect Pelosi and other House leaders are well aware of all kinds of mess beyond Ukraine

Just as they were wellaware of Ukraine before everyone else was.

[Bayard]

18. That is wise

Too many average Americans don't know and don't care about Ukraine. Throw them some red meat that they can sink their teeth into.

[Disaffected]

20. It would be,

a huge mistake to include only the one (Ukraine) article. I would add obstruction, emoluments and, if the evidence can be compiled in time, money laundering.

Only a single "guilty" article is necessary for ouster so give the Repugs something to vote "No" on to placate the base a little.

[kentuck]

21. That is an interesting point.

If they can vote no on three out of four, they might be able to explain one "Yes" vote to their supporters?

[Disaffected]

24. Sure, they could say:

"Hey, I supported the pres for most of the votes, OK?."

[Lexblues]

22. Pelosi is smart. She knows they got more dirt on Trump.

She's keeping her powder dry and will unleash it at the right time.

[superpatriotman]

23. The offense bench is deep

Like REALLY deep.

[bdamomma]

25. one person who may

throw a wrench in this is him:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/31/1896291/-Moscow-Mitch-all-but-admits-the-fix-is-in-Trump-owns-him-and-he-ll-kill-impeachment?detail=emaildkre

[dalton99a]

26. Good. It was not an isolated incident

[dewsgirl]

27. I hope Syria and Putin are involved.

[farmbo]

29. Illegally channeling hush money payments to porn ...

Stars on the eve of the 2016 election, then repeatedly lying to the American public about it. Bring the Catch & Kill guy from the Enquirer in to testify under oath.

It’s what the courts call a crime of moral turpitude.

Make those lap dogs in the Senate support Trump on that.