Opinion: Nancy Pelosi is walking a careful line on Trump. How much longer will it work?
Nancy Pelosi. By Greg Sargent Greg Sargent Opinion writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 22 at 2:25 PM As we’ve been chronicling, Democrats have been struggling to get their message right when it comes to whether the Mueller revelations merit an impeachment inquiry. At first, they sounded overly political and calculating, which seemed to suggest they believed they could wiggle out of it by claiming the politics are too daunting.
As to the President’s conduct, we will scrupulously assert Congress’ constitutional duty to honor our oath of office to support and defend the Constitution and our democracy. That includes honoring the Article I responsibility of the legislative branch to conduct oversight over the other branches of government, unified in our search for the truth and in upholding the security of our elections.
Taken with that last sentence, Pelosi is signaling that she believes this approach will persuade voters that Democrats are motivated solely by where the facts lead, whereas an immediate impeachment inquiry would appear rushed and political. This does not have to mean impeachment hearings will never happen, though it might.
Other committees, such as Ways and Means and Banking, need to be ready to do the same thing as more information emerges from the SDNY and the New York attorney general, among others, about Trump’s financial dealings, including with the Russians, and about Russian money laundering.
But here’s the thing: At some point, Democrats will have to make the final call on whether to launch such an inquiry, or not. And it’s hard to imagine the case for doing so getting that much stronger than it already is.
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