Tag: Nancy Pelosi

Democrats seek leverage for Trump impeachment trial

The Hill logoSenate Democrats are quietly talking about asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to hold articles of impeachment in the House until Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) agrees to a fair rules package for a Senate trial.

Democratic senators are concerned by talk among Senate Republicans of holding a speedy trial without witnesses, which would set up a shorter time frame than when the Senate considered President Clinton’s 1999 impeachment.

They want to hear from Trump’s advisers and worry that if they don’t use their leverage now, they’ll have little say over how a Senate trial is run.

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Nancy Pelosi Shades Sinclair After Reporter’s ‘Really Disgusting’ Question: ‘Is That a News Source?’

Criticism comes after a previous run-in with a Sinclair journalist

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed a viral run-in with a Sinclair reporter earlier in the day at a Thursday night town hall, asking if the company is even a “news source.”

“Was that a reporter? Is that what reporters do?” she asked during the CNN event.

During her weekly press conference earlier Thursday, Pelosi announced the House would be moving forward on drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. A Sinclair journalist, James Rosen, asked her if she hated Trump, which she said was “really disgusting.” She warned that reporter not to “mess” with her.

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NOTE:  Mr. Rosen left Fox News after sexual harassment claims. And, Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying up local television stations. After their purchase, those stations are required to run true fake news supporting the Trump administration.

Pelosi says House will move to impeach President Trump

The Hill logoSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that the House will move forward with impeaching President Trump, saying his actions — as revealed by their weeks-long investigation — left them “no choice” but to pursue his removal from office.

The move erases any lingering doubt that Democrats view Trump’s dealings with Ukraine as a severe violation of the Constitution — and any question of whether they will take the next step of making him just the third president in the nation’s history to be impeached.

“The president’s actions have seriously violated the Constitution,” Pelosi said in a televised address against a backdrop of American flags. “Our democracy is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act.”

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Pelosi faces tough choices on impeachment managers

The Hill logoSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is beginning to send out feelers to gauge if members are interested in serving as impeachment managers, a high-profile role that will put those chosen for it in a political spotlight.

Pelosi’s office has quietly reached out to some members she believes could serve as managers, while others have pushed their own names forward, multiple sources tell The Hill.

Unlike the past two modern impeachment inquiries into sitting presidents that only included House Judiciary Committee members as managers, sources say they believe Pelosi may shake things up by adding managers from the House Intelligence Committee.

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Trump, GOP skeptical Pelosi will go through with impeachment

The Hill logoNew polling showing public opposition to impeachment has some Republicans along with officials in the White House voicing skepticism that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will go through with a vote on articles of impeachment.

Even President Trump, while insisting he wanted an impeachment trial, predicted Friday that Pelosi would not go through with impeachment.

“No, I don’t expect it,” he said in an interview on “Fox & Friends.”

View the complete November 23 article by Alexander Bolton on The Hill website here.

Pelosi: Trump bribed Ukraine, makes Nixon’s offenses ‘look almost small’

The Hill logoSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused President Trump of “bribery” in his dealings with Ukrainian leaders, linking the president’s actions to the Constitution’s impeachment clause even while emphasizing that Democrats remain undecided on whether they’ll draft impeachment articles.

“That is in the Constitution, attached to the impeachment proceedings,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

She then explained the basis for the charge, which stems from a whistleblower’s complaint that has since been supported by numerous government officials, that Trump leveraged U.S. military aid to Kyiv to secure political favors from Ukrainian leaders.

View the complete November 14 article by Mike Lillis on The Hill website here.

Kennedy defends calling Pelosi ‘dumb’ at Trump rally

“I didn’t mean it as disrespectful at all,” Kennedy said

GOP Sen. John Kennedy defended calling Speaker Nancy Pelosi“dumb” at a rally with President Donald Trump in his home state of Louisiana Wednesday evening.

“I didn’t mean it as disrespectful, I didn’t mean it as disrespectful at all,” Kennedy said Thursday.

View the November 7 article with video by Thomas McKinless on The Roll Call website here.

Here’s how Nancy Pelosi can call Trump’s bluff — and destroy the White House argument against impeachment

AlterNet logoBased upon a specious contention from the White House — and parroted by some of Donald Trump’s most avid defenders – that the current House impeachment inquiries are unconstitutional, a long-time political analyst said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should call the president’s bluff and hold a vote on going forward.

According to Michael Tomasky, writing for The Daily Beast, Pelosi holds a solid majority on the House that would likely grant approval and would stick a fork in one of the White House’s main complaints.

Writing, “There’s no constitutional or legal requirement that they have such a vote. Remember—in the Watergate era, the House Judiciary Committee started hearings they called impeachment hearings in October 1973; the full House vote came in February 1974,” Tomasky made the case for doing it anyway.

View the complete October 28 article by Tom Boggioni from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.

A series of images of Pelosi and Trump have made her a meme, and for some, a symbol of a woman in power

Washington Post logoThrough a combination of her meticulous fashion choices, bumbled attempts by President Trump to diminish her and a few fortuitous camera angles, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has emerged from her few public interactions with Trump this year with a number of images that symbolize her power.

Even if she hasn’t been trying to create viral images that legions of Twitter users describe as “iconic” and “badass,” Pelosi (D-Calif.), understands the power of image better than most politicians.

“She has stood before those who had perceived they had power and demonstrated to them what the meaning of true leadership and power is,” said Nadeam Elshami, former chief of staff to Pelosi. “And I think symbols are part of that, but to her, they just come naturally.”

View the complete October 18 article by Amber Phillips on The Washington Post website here.

Trump advisers and DOJ enraged by Mulvaney remarks; Pelosi puts no timetable on impeachment inquiry

Washington Post logoWhite House and Justice Department officials were angered Thursday after a combative news briefing by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in which he insisted President Trump did nothing inappropriate, but seemed to confirm that Trump’s dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo.

Mulvaney later said that his comments were misconstrued and that no conditions were put on releasing military aid to Ukraine.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) refused to put a timeline on the impeachment process, declining to say whether she agrees with the assessment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the House would vote by Thanksgiving, setting up a Senate trial late this year.

View the complete October 17 article by Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez and John Wagner on The Washington Post website here.