Pelosi: “I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison"

[Morphine Prince 109,682]

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a meeting of senior Democratic leaders that she’d prefer to see President Donald Trump “in prison” rather than pursue impeachment, Politico reported late Wednesday.

Pelosi rebuffed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, who again asked the speaker’s permission to launch an impeachment inquiry, according to the Politico report, which cited unnamed “multiple Democratic sources familiar with” the Tuesday meeting.

The speaker told the leaders that she would rather see Trump defeated for re-election in 2020 and face prosecution after he leaves office, Politico said.

“I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison,” Politico reported Pelosi as saying to Nadler. Pelosi spokeswoman Ashley Etienne told Politico that Pelosi and several House chairmen “had a productive meeting about the state of play with the Mueller report.”

Along with Nadler, the chairmen of the Intelligence, Oversight, Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs committees were present at the gathering, Politico said.

Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday that House Democrats were on a path after the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, and “we know what action we will take.” She said many voters wrongly equated impeachment with removal from the presidency, adding that Trump was “not worth” it.

Polls show that most Americans do not support impeachment and Pelosi and her deputies in the House have been proceeding cautiously. At the same time, however, several Democratic presidential candidates have been turning the issue into a campaign theme, adding to the pressure on congressional leaders.

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-want-see-trump-121730821.html

 

[TheQueenLG 2,469]

Has she read a constitution? She swore an oath to protect our sacred founding document, but her statements suggest that she hasn't bothered reading one. 

[LaLa 19,898]

[Othon 34,299]

Really ridiculous way to justify not attempting to impeach him. If you don't impeach a president for what he's done, you're setting a precedent that essentially nothing is an impeachable offense. And you'd have a much easier time prosecuting him after he was impeached and couldn't use power of the office to throw up roadblocks anyway.

[thewho 928]

27 minutes ago, LaLa said:

IMpeach, IMprison, and IMprovise 

[Woolfsmck 2,763]

Spoken like a true psycho bimbo

[Economy 52,860]

4 hours ago, Woolfsmck said:

Spoken like a true psycho bimbo

I guess im psycho too cuz I think it would be so satisfying to see Trump behind bars

[Woolfsmck 2,763]

If y'all tone down all the Trump drama,  other pubs might even support the Dem's for reelection....all the negative coverage just keeps him visible...

[Maleficent 6]

the political equivalent of claiming fruit is bad for your blood sugar and then downing a bunch of cream puffs. 

either do it the right way or don’t do it all... impeachment is the first and necessary step to show the american people their President is not above the law while in office. Imprisonment should come after he’s been removed from office (if applicable)

[Adakam 2]

They are scared that if impeachment doesnt pass the senate, it will hurt dems on the 2020 ballot.

And she is kinda right, look how many people swallowed that Mueller's report exonerated him just because it didnt say on the title TRUMP = CRIMINAL.

But on the other hand, the precedent this is setting is extremely dangerous, and thats the biggest issue here

[Morphine Prince 109,682]

The president is clearly above the law. Trump is proving it every day.

And people have accepted it. 

Shameful.