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Dems hope Pelosi's resistance to impeachment will crack in June
Democrats yearning to remove the president from office are also afraid the politics of the 2020 election will kill the drive for impeachment.
By KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO 06/02/2019 05:00 PM EDT Updated 06/02/2019 08:03 PM EDT
For the House’s growing impeachment caucus, June is shaping up to be the most critical month to make their case to a reluctant Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
A month packed with subpoena fights, hearings on obstruction of justice and legal battles over Trump’s financial records is certain to provide fresh ammunition to grow the pro-impeachment ranks.
“The temperature’s rising, the plot is thickening. It’s hard for me to imagine Congress certainly leaving for the August recess without some closure on this,” said Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), who supports impeachment. “The Hamlet act is, I think, wearing thin, and it’s becoming untenable and intellectually strange.”
But Democrats eager to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump fear they’re running out of time to persuade Pelosi to change course before presidential politics consumes Washington.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/02/democrats-impeachment-trump-pelosi-1349424
