Move comes as Senate passes resolution calling for whistleblower report to be turned over
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that the House will move to open a formal impeachment inquiry, overriding the claims of Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and other panel Democrats they’ve been engaged in one for months.
“I’m announcing that the House of Representatives will move forward with an official impeachment inquiry,” she said in televised remarks Tuesday after a meeting of House Democrats.
Pelosi briefed the Democratic Caucus on her plans for advancing the House’s investigations into President Donald Trump following allegations that the president pressured Ukraine to open an investigation into his potential 2020 rival, Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.
View the complete September 24 article by Lindsey McPherson on The Roll Call website here.