Presidential candidates Warren and Castro called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings, but Pelosi and other top Democrats have tried to tamp down the talk.
By Karoun Demirjian and Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow April 19 at 9:56 PM Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report gave House Democrats a road map for investigating President Trump and the cue they were waiting for — but the party was divided Friday over what, ultimately, should be their end game.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team have tamped down talk of impeachment, with a sense among top Democrats that the Mueller report — which many Democrats see as incriminating in its details of a president trying to undermine the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — has changed nothing when it comes to the impeachment question.
Sen. Mitt Romney said it was “good news” that there was insufficient evidence to charge the president, but he was “sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the president.” The House Judiciary Committee, which would be tasked with starting any impeachment proceedings, on Friday issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for the full Mueller report by May 1, after the release of the redacted version on Thursday.
Democrats have maintained that it is difficult for them to weave all their potential lines of inquiry into one focused trajectory because they don’t know how it came together for Mueller — and for that, they fault Barr, who has not yet given lawmakers access to Mueller’s unredacted product, much less the evidence that informed it.
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