House Dems engaged in a vigorous behind-the-scenes debate about whether to charge Pres. Trump with obstruction of justice as part of an article of impeachment, but ultimately decided that doing so would become a more difficult message to sell, sources say
At a closed-door meeting Monday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team debated about adding an article of impeachment on obstruction of justice related to former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but it was recognized in the room that they would lose some Democratic votes. The idea was broached of even seeing that article of impeachment voted down, but there was little support for going that route, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
Trump hits point of no return as Democrats ready impeachment articlesHouse Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, one of the six chairmen who announced the articles on Tuesday, said adding an obstruction of justice charge to the impeachment articles would have been a"mixed bag of tricks." Because it didn't have broad consensus in the caucus, the New York Democrat said, it could have been tough to get the votes needed.
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