Nadler Says It Out Loud: ‘This Is Formal Impeachment Proceedings’

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) questions former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) admitted in public Thursday evening that his panel is conducting “formal impeachment proceedings” against President Trump.

He said the Judiciary Committee will decide likely by the end of the year whether to recommend bringing articles of impeachment to the House floor.

“This is formal impeachment proceedings,” Nadler told CNN’s Erin Burnett Thursday evening. “We are investigating all the evidence, gathering the evidence. And we will [at the] conclusion of this — hopefully by the end of the year — vote to vote articles of impeachment to the House floor. Or we won’t. That’s a decision that we’ll have to make. But that’s exactly the process we’re in right now.”

Nadler said it was important not to get lost in the “semantics” of the discussion and said while the probe would end with some type of vote on whether the recommend impeachment, right now the committee is interested in “investigating the evidence.” A big part of the committee’s investigation

“The fact is, we are doing an investigation. We are investigating the facts, investigating the evidence,” Nadler said. “We are going into court to get witnesses all with a view toward deciding and recommending to the House whether to impeach the President.”

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  1. Ack! Hit the wrong button. Anyway I danced in my living room when I heard Rep. Nadler call the proceedings an impeachment inquiry. I scared my dog because of my enthusiasm.

  2. And Trump’s financial docs are coming in from multiple banks. Coincidence or karma?

  3. So you are still dancing in your living room?

  4. Hard to believe Slow-Walking Jerry, but I hope he is telling the truth and steps up the pace.

    The Mueller Report was issued March 23d and Congress still has not seen it. And Congress still has not seen the tax returns.

    Meanwhile, crimes against humanity continue unabated on our southern border.

  5. I did last night.
    When trump’s out of office, by whatever means, I’ll repeat the dance only it will be in the street in front of my house (to the chagrin of my neighbors).

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