Thread by @sfpelosi

As I told @KSRO, any impeachment discussion needs sobriety. Members of Congress are prosecutors and jurors.
As a criminal justice reformer, I’d be horrified to see a jury prejudge evidence and raise money off it. We have to live our norms not become Trump to beat him.

We need to see evidence and let it guide our path without passion or prejudice. Act as if we were the defense — would we want due process or do we want a steamroll? We have several subpoenas out there - I’m hoping we model the norms we claim Trump destroyed and act deliberately.

And as far as people wanting an “inquiry” GET REAL: that’s like being half-pregnant: you are or you’re not. Admit you want to impeach now despite getting the evidence - and make that case - but don’t occupy a mythical middle ground that media and Trump see as full impeachment.

Now as to the news — House Democrats WON orders to release info. Let’s see what happens when Trump appeals and facts come out (I believe they will). Build a case.

If you’re here to yell impeach I already heard you. To help, lay out the evidence.

And GET REAL: the American people are not going to want to impeach based on Trump’s #coverup of a sexual affair. They may change their view-if they see Presidential acts to obstruct justice or trade policy for $. That seems to be where Mueller went and where Trump’s afraid.

We know Trump knows what he did — he knows it’s a #coverup and for some reason he isn’t just letting the info out and using FOX and Twitter and Facebook to convince his base that it’s no big deal.

The more he fights the more #MadamSpeaker’s lawyers will beat him. Watch for it!