1) Let me try to explain this a little better.
Stuff like this is complex because it involves legal and political strategy.
Stuff like this is complex because it involves legal and political strategy.
2) The House Judiciary Lawfare schemers want to gain the 6e material (Weissmann/Mueller) and to a lesser extent a McGahn deposition and Trump financials. 
3) HJC has DC appellate court cases for 6e and McGahn.
HJC has recognized *standing* in these cases.
HJC has recognized *standing* in these cases.
4) HJC is likely (I would almost guarantee) to leverage the articles of impeachment in their quest for the material. They will argue the 6e holds underlying evidence of *abuse* and *obstruction*
5) The HJC will argue the 6e is needed for supplemental evidence for *upcoming* Senate impeachment trial.
6) However, if Pelosi had appointed House Impeachment Managers, the *standing* would have shifted away from HJC and onto the Impeachment Managers.
7) By holding back the articles and by holding back the appointment of the managers, Pelosi is providing time for the HJC argument to the DC Appeals Court (and a likely En Blanc arguments with full panel).
HJC retains the standing over the impeachment writ large.
HJC retains the standing over the impeachment writ large.
8) Pelosi keeps options open for the HJC schemers.
9) Regardless of court decisions the impeachment articles still exist and can be sent to Senate at any time.
However, retaining them permits HJC to hold enhanced standing in DC appeals court.
However, retaining them permits HJC to hold enhanced standing in DC appeals court.
10) They are not looking for evidence.... The quest for 6e, McGahn and Trump financials is for *opposition research*.
Through this process the impeachment serves as a tool for 2020 opposition research.
Everything else is chaff and countermeasures. ie. "shiny things"...
Through this process the impeachment serves as a tool for 2020 opposition research.
Everything else is chaff and countermeasures. ie. "shiny things"...
