The House speaker, in a letter to colleagues, acknowledged the divide in the party over impeachment and tried to strike a note of unity about “finding the truth.”
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow April 22 at 2:16 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday appeared to tap the brakes on impeachment discussions, arguing in a letter to her colleagues that while Democrats would hold President Trump accountable following the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, they could do so without initiating impeachment hearings.
But the speaker offered a word of caution on impeachment — a step pushed by some 2020 presidential hopefuls, most notably Sen. Elizabeth Warren , in the days following the Mueller report. Without ruling out the concept altogether, Pelosi noted “it is … important to know that the facts regarding holding the president accountable can be gained outside of impeachment hearings.
Pelosi also set a high threshold for taking up impeachment, arguing it would have to be bipartisan. But Republicans following the Mueller report’s release have largely gone silent, even as Mueller detailed the Trump campaign welcoming Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s effort to thwart the investigation.
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