Harry Reid changes opinion, says Pelosi-led House should open Trump impeachment inquiry

[pnwmom]

Source: USA Today

LAS VEGAS — Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who as recently as last month cautioned Democrats about the perils of pursuing President Trump’s impeachment, now says the House should open an impeachment inquiry that might or might not lead to a formal effort to remove him from office.

“It’s not the right thing to do nothing,” Reid said in an interview Monday with USA TODAY. “It’s not the right thing to jump into impeachment without doing an inquiry.”

The most important goal, he said, would be to “give the American people a view of what’s going on.”

The House could establish an impeachment panel to investigate the allegations that some say amount to the “high crimes and misdemeanors” necessary under the Constitution to remove a president from office. But such a panel wouldn’t necessarily vote to impeach Trump — that is, to approve Articles of Impeachment that would send the process to the Senate for a trial.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/04/pelosi-led-house-should-open-trump-impeachment-inquiry-harry-reid-says/1343009001/

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I doubt that Reid would have done this without giving a heads-up to Nancy. And I doubt he would have done it in the face of strong opposition. He wants to help her, not hurt her.

[dalton99a]

1. "It's not the right thing to do nothing"

[pecosbob]

2. Are we there yet?

It took what...like three or four years after the Watergate break-in for Milhouse to be shown the door? I give it about two more months before the dam breaks.

[Snoopy 7]

3. Pelosi

Don't forget that Nancy refused to vote for impeachment with both presidents Clinton and Bush. She has a history of not wanting impeachment so then find a way around her by starting the Democratic Party voters to call, email, text, etc. Nancy. She said the other day that the 'American People' don't want impeachment. She is sooooo wrong about that but all she knows is what Washington, DC tells her to know. Poor Nancy fell into line so long ago that she has lost her way.

[mpcamb]

4. I'd hate to tell grandkids, "Yeah, he was that bad but we didn't bring charges against him."

If for no other reason than history, Just Do It!

[pat_k]

6. A vast majority of them already have to tell their grandkids...

Bush/Cheney implemented a policy of torture in plain sight, and we didn't nothing.

[pat_k]

5. Thanks Harry. Finally.

After exerting your power to stop the Bush/Torture "impeachment train" that was gaining serious steam, you've finally realized that it is "no right to do nothing."