Thread by @Monaheart1229

Speaker Pelosi sent a ltr to Dems today, saying that she believes they can hold Trump accountable w/o initiating Impeachment articles..They're going to bring every one they can in to publicly testify b4 Congress & end up there anyway. #mondaythoughts washingtonpost.com/politics/pelos…

2-"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday appeared to tap the brakes on impeachment discussions, arguing in a letter to her colleagues that while Democrats would hold President Trump accountable following the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, they could do

3-"so without initiating impeachment hearings.The California Democrat, who is slated to address her caucus on a conference call Monday evening, vowed that Democratic investigators “will scrupulously assert Congress’s constitutional duty to honor our oath of office to support and

4-"defend the Constitution and our democracy” by investigating the president.“Whether currently indictable or not, it is clear that the president has, at a minimum, engaged in highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior which does not bring honor to the office he holds,” Pelosi

5-"But the speaker offered a word of caution on impeachment — a step pushed by some 2020 presidential hopefuls, most notably Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), in the days following the Mueller report. Without ruling out the concept altogether, Pelosi noted “it is … important to

6-"know that the facts regarding holding the president accountable can be gained outside of impeachment hearings.” “While our views range from proceeding to investigate the findings of the Mueller report or proceeding directly to impeachment, we all firmly agree that we should

7-"proceed down a path of finding the truth,” Pelosi said, trying to strike a note of unity.She added: “As we proceed to uncover the truth and present additional needed reforms to protect our democracy, we must show the American people we are proceeding free from passion or

8-"prejudice, strictly on the presentation of fact.”..Pelosi also set a high threshold for taking up impeachment, arguing it would have to be bipartisan. But Republicans following the Mueller report’s release have largely gone silent, even as Mueller detailed the Trump campaign

9-"welcoming Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s effort to thwart the investigation." ~excerpts from WaPo, 4/22/19, 3:33 pm

2A-I understand that @SpeakerPelosi wants this process to be careful & absolutely legally correct, but I dearly hope that she isn't going to soft peddle Trump's nefarious behavior. OR politicize his consequences. #mondaythoughts
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