Analysis: What could change Pelosi’s mind on impeachment?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow May 16 at 11:01 AM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has long argued that impeaching President Trump would be bad for her party, so she won’t do it. And she’s successfully tamped down calls to change course, even if, privately, Democrats in her caucus disagree, report The Post’s Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis.
Why this isn’t likely to change Pelosi’s mind: Public opinion about the Mueller report seems pretty set, and it’s hard to see what would change it. Maybe information uncovered by congressional investigations into Trump could jolt people out of the status quo. Which brings us to our next, not-very-likely event to change Pelosi’s mind on impeachment ...
Why this isn’t likely to change Pelosi’s mind: Trump is blocking 20 congressional investigations, a Washington Post analysis found. So with Pelosi steadfastly against impeachment today, it’s hard to see how this gets any worse in a way that convinces her she needs to change course. 1. Impeachment would help their case in court: One of Trump’s legal arguments against handing over information to Democrats is that they are a legislative body, not a judicial one. If it’s not for legislation , then they can’t request the information, his legal team argues.
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