Pelosi suggests Trump has no 'reason' to be impeached third time if Democrats retake House
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif suggested that there was at this moment not enough cause to impeach President Donald Trump for a third time During an interview with USA Today's Susan Page published on Saturday Pelosi was inquired whether the Democratic Party should consider impeaching Trump again if they retake the House in The person majority responsible for impeaching President Trump when I was speaker was President Trump Pelosi began He gave us no choice He crossed the line in his telephone call with President Zelenskyy as one manifestation of his disrespect for the Constitution his jeopardizing the sanctity of our own elections in our country and the rest NANCY PELOSI THINKS A WOMAN WILL BE ELECTED PRESIDENT BUT 'MAYBE NOT' IN HER LIFETIMEShe continued And then of class January th He can try to change the narrative all he wants but we will be there to make sure the community knows the truth about January th It was an insurrection incited by the President of the United States Pelosi continued criticizing the Trump administration until Page solicited if she could clarify whether she assumed impeachment should be part of the party's agenda If he crosses the limit again Pelosi answered But that s not an incidental thing You say 'We re going to do that ' No there has to be cause There has to be reason We had review This was a very serious historic thing PELOSI REVEALS SHE AND BIDEN STILL HAVEN'T SPOKEN REJECTS PREMISE THAT SHE DESCRIBED HIM TO DROP OUTShe continued And our founders knew that there could be a rogue president and that s why they put impeachment in the Constitution They didn t know there d be a rogue president at the same time a rogue Senate that didn t have the courage to do the right thing It was bipartisan in the Senate but it wasn t enough Fox News Digital reached out to Pelosi's office for comment As speaker of the House Pelosi presided over both impeachments against Trump during his first term in and The Senate voted to acquit Trump both times NANCY MACE ASSERTS NANCY PELOSI 'WAS A MORE EFFECTIVE HOUSE SPEAKER THAN ANY REPUBLICAN THIS CENTURY'Over the past year Rep Al Green D-Texas has filed several articles of impeachment against Trump during his second term Bulk lately Green moved to get a vote on two articles of impeachment Wednesday night via a privileged resolution a mechanism allowing lawmakers to force action on a bill within two legislative days Green's effort failed on Thursday after House Democrats joined the GOP in voting against the measure