House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the formalization of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump Tuesday evening, saying "the president must be held accountable" for his "betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and the betrayal of the integrity of our elections."

The speaker effectively endorsed the process, which to some degree has already been underway, after facing fresh pressure from inside the caucus to act. The move could help Democrats' disputed arguments in court that impeachment proceedings were in fact in progress, which could entitle Congress to obtain additional documents.

Pelosi specifically charged that the administration had violated the law by not turning over a whistleblower complaint concerning Trump's July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Citing testimony that the director of national intelligence was blocking the release of that complaint, she said: "This is a violation of law. The law is unequivocal."

...BUT...

A senior Trump administration official told Fox News late Tuesday that the administration will release a document showing the intelligence community inspector general found the whistleblower who leveled an explosive accusation against President Trump concerning his talks with Ukraine had “political bias” in favor of “a rival candidate” of the president.

The official did not identify the name of the rival candidate. Separately, a senior administration official told Fox News the White House has been working as quickly as it can to release to Congress the whistleblower complaint involving President Trump's conversations with the leader of Ukraine, as long as it's legally possible.

The news came just hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi initiated a formal impeachment inquiry by alleging that the administration was hiding the complaint.

The senior administration official told Fox News that the White House had nothing to hide, that there has been no wrongdoing, and that the White House's general position has been that it will make everything possible available to Congress or the public regarding Trump's conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the complaint to the intelligence community's inspector general.

But there were several indicators throughout the day that Pelosi's gambit could backfire, as Republicans predicted over the weekend.

"It is a colossal error."

— Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn

Trump vowed earlier Tuesday to release a "complete" transcript of his call with Zelensky by Wednesday.

 

Whistleblower complaint could prove Intelligence community is spying on White House



It was a tumultuous week for media: retractions, apologies, deleted tweets, and unverified facts. The Washington Post launched a new set of accusations against the president that may backfire in the coming weeks.

 

Alright but none of you PR hacks or Trump supporters try to lie and spread the lie the Democrats are impeaching Trump.

 

Rep. Gohmert: FBI hasn’t cleaned up problems by Mueller

Congressional conservatives are warning the public that the illicit targeting of innocent people by the FBI is a pattern in the bureau that continues today.

 

That's a new record...spinning the facts at 7 mins.

 

Well, Shooter was wrong.
The despicables can indeed sink so low as to initiate impeachment proceedings so as to impact the election.
Shooter's new prediction;
The despicables will move the impeachment process along so that it will all come to a head when one of two things happen;
1) It is clear to despicables that they cannot beat Trump at the election box.
2) Despicables win a majority in the senate and keep the house majority.

 

As indicated, and previously suggested by me...the state-run leftists media is behind this.

When Biden's name came out of the wood work, it was then and only then, was it suggested that Trump had talks with Selinsky from way back in June.

If this dont speak volumes about the leftist/community activist/communist/socialist/state-run leftist media agenda.

Trump tickled and coaxed the leftist into doing this, they fell for it...now, we will see what happened when young Hunter Biden's investigation ceased, and how the Biden's got their sweetheart deal.

 

There will be no impeachment, that would be devastating to the entirety of the Congress and to the people. At this point following through with the threat only serves to bolster his supporters. There is not benefit to impeachment at this point because that would destroy all chances at a criminal conviction for any charges, if criminal charges are brought against tRump while a sympathetic office holder is in place they will be shut down by the fact that no conviction would hold, after all that is the power of the presidents use of the pardon for federal charges, and quite honestly any sympathetic governor could do the same at the state level.

 

Formal .. yet there has not been any actual House floor vote... Smoke and mirrors...

 

The boldend red section of this suggestion, is the only part that is in the realm of reality.

The state-run leftist medai/Nadler/Lil Miss Cortez, will make it very suggestive that Trump is CORRUPT on all levels to those uninformed voters.

The rest of young SiR's reply is political rhetoric....to be taken with an ounce of salt.

 

Correct.

The state-run leftist media/Nadler/Lil Miss Cortez, will make it very suggestive that Trump is CORRUPT on all levels to those uninformed voters.

GOP rep introduces resolution to remove Nadler as Judiciary panel chairman over impeachment probe

A Republican congressman introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling for the ouster of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., from his panel post for pursuing impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

The proceedings were formally backed late Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Lance Gooden, R-Texas, said in a release that Nadler has acted against the will of the House of Representatives, which never gave his committee explicit authorization to begin impeachment proceedings. The body voted 332-95 in July to table an impeachment resolution from Rep. Al Green, D-Texas.

"This attempted coup against a duly elected, sitting president is unprecedented and must be stopped," Gooden said. "I urge the majority to move immediately to have him stripped of his chairmanship and that any accomplices on the Judiciary Committee not be considered as a replacement."

 

Sen. John Kennedy dismisses Dem impeachment push, says they just have 'hurt feelings'

Many of the Democrats supporting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's impeachment inquiry cannot accept, three years later, that President Trump won in 2016, according to Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.

There are likely to be two parallel investigations into the situation that spurred Pelosi to officially announce an impeachment inquiry, Kennedy said Tuesday on "The Story."

He said that, while Democrats commence a formal impeachment inquiry relating to the context of a call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that reportedly mentioned the Biden family's dealings in the country, another probe surrounding allegations of unsubstantiated wrongdoing by former Vice President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden will likely be started by one group or another.

"I think some of my Democratic friends are acting in good faith -- I don't have enough facts to agree with them," he said regarding the fresh impeachment inquiry.

"My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president -- it's called democracy. My advice to them, and I say this gently: Fill out a 'Hurt Feelings Report' and let's move on. We've got a lot of issues that are at least as important as who-said-what-to-whom."

Of the potential for twin investigations, Kennedy said the second will be commenced, "if not by the Republicans, by Vice President Biden's fellow candidates -- of Mister Hunter Biden."

 

About fucken time !

 

To do what?....exactly...

Inquire?

At the end of the day, it's still toothless.

 

They threatened to impeach Obama for years, nothing happened. Shit Obama was giving money to the desert rats you don't think he should have been impeached?

 

Against my better judgement, and the fact I don't really give a shit one way or another....Could somebody bring me up to speed here? What did Biden's son do that Trump wanted investigated?

 

Rather who should be investigating any supposed wrongdoing?
The Ukrainian authorities or the US authorities.
The allegation is that the Chump asked for the Ukrainians to investigate this otherwise military aid would be witheld.
That is corrupt and an abuse of office!

Correct me if I am wrong!

Thinskin

 

OK just smoked one @Rixer and it turns out the Ukranian president is a comedian....that might be the Chump's get out of jail card?

Is the whistleblowers statement public yet?

ts

 

Nancy caved to the ignorant, shrieking ultra-left hystericals that now run her party. What you saw in Nancy's face as she declared that they were beginning a formal Impeachment Inquiry, was the look of someone who knows she just re-elected Donald Trump for a second term.

Biden and his idiot son should be afraid. Very afraid. The recent history of governmental dealings with the Ukraine is a can of worms that smart Dem players would have buried very deep, not opened.

 

There are tapes of Biden bragging of threatening the president of the Ukraine to have Odumbo withhold funds if he didn't fire the prosacutor investigating his son.
Who's the criminal?
Trump has every right as president to ask a forigen country to help in any investigation.