Pelosi: ‘No Requirement’ That House Has Impeachment Inquiry Vote, by Sandy Fitzgerald

By Sandy Fitzgerald, Newsmax, Oct. 15, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday after meeting with the House Democratic caucus that there will not be a vote at this time to launch formal impeachment proceedings or to formalize the ongoing inquiry against President Donald Trump.

“There’s no requirement that we have a vote, and so at this time we will not be having a vote,” Pelosi told reporters toward the end of a press conference called after she met with House leaders to discuss a potential formal vote. “We’re not here to call bluffs. We’re here to find the truth, to uphold the Constitution of the United States. This is not a game for us. This is deadly serious.”

During the press conference, Pelosi seemed more interested in talking about legislation underway in the House, and about recent court awards in Democrats’ favor, but she did have sharp words about Trump and the ongoing investigation into his conversation with Ukraine’s president about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

“Last Friday we won five decisions in our favor in terms of Congress’ authority under the Constitution, and today another decision came down in our favor in relationship to emoluments…another recognition that our founders had very deep suspicion about foreigners interfering in our government, and, again, in our elections.” ….

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