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    US: House speaker Pelosi says Trump 'just not worth' impeaching

    US: House speaker Pelosi says Trump 'just not worth' impeaching

    By Aakanksha Raghuvanshi
    Mar 12, 2019
    02:35 pm

    What's the story

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, America's most powerful Democrat, said in remarks published yesterday that she doesn't support impeaching Donald Trump, arguing the Republican president is "just not worth it."

    "I'm not for impeachment," Pelosi told The Washington Post in a wide-ranging interview, the strongest signal yet that the Democratic leadership is deeply hesitant about taking such an explosive step to remove a sitting president.

    Quote

    Impeachment is divisive to the country, says Pelosi

    "Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country," said Pelosi, adding, "And he's just not worth it."

    Investigations

    Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen called him conman and cheat

    Trump and his associates face multiple investigations, including one headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that is looking into Russian influence on the 2016 US election and potential collusion between Trump's team and Moscow.

    And in explosive congressional testimony late last month, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen branded the president a conman and cheat, and sought to implicate his ex-boss in multiple crimes.

    Views

    Don't think he's 'fit to be president': Pelosi on Trump

    Even as she waves off calls to impeach Trump, Pelosi, who in January began her second stint as speaker after Democrats won back the House in midterm elections, stressed that she does not believe he is fit to lead the nation.

    "I don't think he is" fit to be president, she said in the interview, adding, "I mean, ethically unfit. Intellectually unfit. Curiosity-wise unfit."

    Impeachment

    Some rank-and-file House Democrats are keen to move impeachment proceedings

    The investigations and related testimony like Cohen's may or may not produce evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors on the president's part.

    Some rank-and-file House Democrats, like freshmen liberal Rashida Tlaib, are keen to bring impeachment proceedings.

    Their ranks are sure to grow if more serious evidence of presidential wrongdoing emerges.

    Meanwhile, many others are concerned that the impeachment might backfire before the election.

    Disagreement

    Other Democrats think that impeaching Trump will backfire before election

    Other Democrats think that an effort to oust Trump before the election might backfire, energizing an angry Republican base and antagonizing voters Democrats would need in the election.

    Some in the party would prefer a political-battle against Trump at the ballot box, rather than an impeachment effort waged in Congress.

    Also, with the Senate in Republican control, Trump's ouster would be far from assured.

    Reference

    That was horrible for the country: Pelosi on Clinton's impeachment

    Pelosi pointed to the excruciating process of president Bill Clinton's impeachment by the House in 1998, and his subsequent acquittal by the Senate.

    "That was horrible for the country," she said.

    Congressman Jerry Nadler, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said earlier this month that while it was "very clear" that Trump has obstructed justice, "impeachment is a long way down the road".

    Proceedings

    Nadler's committee demand documents from 81 persons connected to Trump

    Nadler's committee launched a sprawling new investigation last week that is sure to take months, demanding documents from 81 persons or entities connected to Trump.

    However, he told ABC News that ahead of any impeachment proceedings, lawmakers would need to convince the American public that members were "not just trying to... reverse the results of the last election."

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