'They’re very powerful. They’re very strong.'
"very strong" even as he and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee argued that they allege no specific crime, such as bribery, was committed.
Asked why no specific crime such as bribery was included -- a charge Pelosi herself has leveled against the president -- she answered,"I, myself, am not a lawyer, although sometimes I act like one," saying that she had left the matter up to the committee chairs and legal counsel.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference on Dec. 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Asked by ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Mary Bruce what message she had for moderate Democrats worried a vote for impeachment might hurt them politically, Pelosi said she would not try to persuade them -- including ones elected in districts that voted for Trump in 2016. "The facts are irrefutable," she said."The fact is we take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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