The conflicting messages gives Democrats the opportunity to to play the party's stance on impeachment as they see fit.
House Democrats continued to muddy the water Wednesday on the party's ongoing investigations into President Donald Trump, offering conflicting messages as to whether the Judiciary Committee is in the midst of an impeachment inquiry.
"No," Rep. Steny Hoyer told reporters in his office when prompted whether Judiciary Democrats were conducting an impeachment inquiry,"because the delineation ought to be whether or not they're considering a resolution of impeachment." He explained his belief that in order for the committee's work to be considered as such, an impeachment resolution would need to be under consideration by the committee and/or voted to proceed by the House.
In a statement issued after speaking with reporters, Hoyer walked back his comments about an impeachment inquiry not occurring. He stated that he misunderstood the question to be whether the"full House is actively considering articles of impeachment, which we are not at this time." "I agree with the chairman, that we're in the midst of the Judiciary Committee investigation, which is appropriate, that will consider the obstruction of justice, abuse of power and culture of corruption that has come out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," Jeffries told reporters.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel , whose Democratic-led panel is one of six, along with Judiciary, that is investigating the Trump administration, made a similar argument to reporters, saying"to a large degree, it's semantical." "I think there's definitely some confusion because people are using different language," Rep. David Cicilline , a Judiciary member, toldon Tuesday. The Rhode Island Democrat is also in charge of policy messaging for the caucus.
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