House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly wants Democrats to keep a narrow scope on their impeachment inquiry efforts.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Pelosi and other Democratic leaders believe the impeachment inquiry ought to be confined to the scandal over President Donald Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine.
Pelosi reportedly believes this strategy will present a simpler argument for impeachment to the public and also prevent inquiries from getting entangled in never-ending legal battles a la Trump’s tax returns.
This would mean the House’s investigations into Trump’s alleged self-dealing and obstruction of justice may not be included in the impeachment efforts, though the Post reported that the Democrats ended the meeting without making a final decision on the matter.
Gotta keep them focused, there are so many trails they could follow.
I’m withholding judgement until george weighs in.
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This sounds right to me. Part of the problem with Mueller was too many moving pieces: the scale of corruption was too big for our media culture to digest.
it shouldn’t be to difficult to charge him with obstruction of justice as well, both on the Ukraine episode and the Mueller investigation for starters.