House Dems who support impeachment fear a rogue move by Rep. Al Green could scramble their best efforts
It’s unclear whether Rep. Al Green will seek Trump’s immediate impeachment or simply the launch of an inquiry. But he has promised to force a floor vote on the matter before the House departs for its August recess — either before or after special counsel Robert Mueller’s hotly anticipated testimony on July 24.Many of the Democrats backing impeachment proceedings have viewed Mueller’s appearance on Capitol Hill as a potential inflection point that could jumpstart their efforts.
But Speaker Nancy Pelosi still opposes an impeachment inquiry, arguing that it’s too politically divisive and would never lead to conviction and removal in a Republican-controlled Senate.Sign Up Like other pro-impeachment Democrats, Huffman has grown exasperated with the glacial pace of the House’s various investigations, subpoena fights and court battles, as the Trump administration continues to resist those probes and stonewall requests for documents and testimony.
“When you’re doing the right thing, you understand there may be those who are critical,” Green said. “But Dr. King reminds us that there are times that you have to do that which is neither safe nor politic nor popular. You do them because they are right.
“It is my hope that if there’s going to be an opening of impeachment that it’s initiated by the committee of jurisdiction,” said Rep. David Cicilline , who sits on the Judiciary panel.
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