.SpeakerPelosi: Trump’s family or staff should 'have an intervention for the good of the country'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an extraordinary news conference Thursday, lambasted President Donald Trump on the heels of a failed infrastructure agreement, calling into question his leadership capabilities and accusing the White House of “just crying out for impeachment.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 23. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The meeting marked the third such one within recent months featuring herself, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Trump that ended with all the drama and none of the deal. Now, Pelosi called into question whether Trump was truely the one at the helm of the White House.
“What he is doing is an assault on the Constitution of the United States,” she said of the White House’s stonewalling of Democrats’ investigations. “The president’s behavior, in terms of his obstruction of justice, it’s very clear. It’s in plain sight. It cannot be denied. Yes, these could be impeachable offenses, but… we want to follow the facts to get the truth to the American people... and that the president is engaged in a cover-up.
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