Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Tuesday announcement regarding the House Democrats’ impeachment plans is less significant than the build-up had suggested. After months of pressure from Democratic colleagues, she declared that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. While her statement may be a milestone on the path to impeachment, it does not actually start the process on its own. “Speaker Pelosi’s decree changes absolutely nothing,” Georgia Representative Doug Collins, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote on Twitter. “As I have been telling [House Judiciary Committee] Chairman [Jerry] Nadler for weeks, merely claiming the …read more
Source:: The New Republic
