House Democrats in favor of impeachment currently number at 138 — a majority of the caucus
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images As of Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was steadfast in her commitment to not impeaching the president, informing NPR that she was not prepared to bring forth proceedings, but was open to changing the law to allow for “future presidents” to be indicted while in office if they commit “a wrongdoing.”
But it’s been a long weekend. As Trump’s Ukraine scandal has unfurled over the last few days, Pelosi has taken steps to put her a just little closer to the path of impeachment, issuing a rare Dear Colleague letter on Sunday.
To recap the complicated and developing scandal, Pelosi is referring to a complaint filed by an intelligence officer in August involving a call Trump made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, encouraging him to investigate the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son in the country — an exchange that Trump admitted to on Sunday.
Over the weekend, Democrats also mulled over employing the congressional power to hold witnesses in contempt, an act that hasn’t been used in almost 100 years. House Judiciary member Ted Lieu weighed in favor of contempt, tweeting that if Maguire does not comply, the House must also “have procedures in place to use the inherent contempt powers of Congress,” adding, “We cannot have a repeat of the Lewandowski hearing.” Rep.
Elsewhere in the party, representatives grew more frustrated at Speaker Pelosi’s unwillingness to impeach the president for his repeat constitutional offenses. “At this point, the bigger national scandal isn’t the president’s lawbreaking behavior — it is the Democratic Party’s refusal to impeach him for it,” tweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. .
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