'All roads lead to Putin' - Pelosi on Trump as House holds off on impeachment vote
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Tuesday the U.S. House is holding off on a vote to move forward with opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Pelosi said Trump as the House investigates: "all roads lead to Putin."
"We are already doing an impeachment investigation," said congressman Eric Swalwell on MSNBC shortly after the House speaker's press conference, referring to ongoing interviews on Capitol Hill of a host of individuals sought for information about the Trump administration's political "dirty tricks" efforts in Ukraine.
Pelosi knows that if she comes out of an "impeachment meeting" the cable networks will air it live, so she's spending the first few minutes on a big political ad for her legislative priorities.
- ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) October 15, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "All roads seem to lead to Putin with the president." https://t.co/JsAo4rT8TM pic.twitter.com/52iWUykcLx
- ABC News (@ABC) October 15, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold off on calling a full House vote for now to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry, a congressional aide confirms to CNN.
She is not ruling it out, this source cautions, leaving her with the option to do so in the future. @mkraju
- Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) October 15, 2019
I don't know that this means there isn't ever an appropriate point to hold a vote. When the final referral moves to House Judiciary is probably the closest match to Clinton timing. That said, there are both pro and cons to the choice to delay for now.
- Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 15, 2019
Pelosi is sitting among reporters while Schiff answers questions from press. Never seen a speaker do this before.
- John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) October 15, 2019
Speaker Pelosi: "All roads seem to lead to Putin with the president."
- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2019
Speaker Pelosi now listens to House Intel Chair Schiff from front row with reporters pic.twitter.com/XKW8uJJaji
- Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) October 15, 2019
The White House and Republicans have seized on the absence of such a vote and have vowed to resist what they describe as an illegitimate probe https://t.co/52N7JTzvAC
- POLITICO (@politico) October 15, 2019
BREAKING: Pelosi joins the Capitol Hill press corps pic.twitter.com/k6bKslocw5
- Alana Abramson (@aabramson) October 15, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Trump administration's sanctions on Turkey "were not up to the task."
"The president gave the green light to Turkey to go in and commit this humanitarian disaster" https://t.co/fyuUCkzfzX pic.twitter.com/cO9HVYwgGJ
- Deena Zeina Zaru
(@Deena_Zaru) October 15, 2019
While Schiff was talking, Pelosi came and sat down with reporters. I can report that my feet are very tired, and she is wearing much higher heels than I am. pic.twitter.com/gZpNzpfVee
- Addy Baird (@addysue) October 15, 2019
"Asking a foreign government to help the president in his re-election by granting or withholding the timing of military assistance that had been voted on by the Congress has so many violations in it,"@SpeakerPelosi says pic.twitter.com/E41MwU2s5O
- Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) October 15, 2019
The fact that Pelosi isn't holding a vote now is probably an indication she isn't going to try to appease bad faith process arguments. That's a reasonable strategy, but Republicans will certainly try to take shelter in process objections without having to endorse what Trump did.
- Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 15, 2019
Schiff arrives for presser with Pelosi pic.twitter.com/job9Ksg9pY
- Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 15, 2019
Pelosi is quoting from the Mazars case that said the accounting firm must comply with the oversight committees request for trump's tax returns
- Alana Abramson (@aabramson) October 15, 2019
Pelosi says @RepWilson gave her a bracelet in orange, the color of gun violence prevention, made of bullets
- Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) October 15, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wearing a bracelet with a bullet and orange beads - and says she won't stop bringing up the need to pass legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases. Talks with the White House have stalled. pic.twitter.com/KmYz1exTsI
- Natalie Andrews (@nataliewsj) October 15, 2019
.@SpeakerPelosi says there's no requirement that the full House vote on launching impeachment inquiry "so at this time we won't be having a vote." Says Republicans can't defend the President, so they're going after the process. Says it's not a game to Democrats. pic.twitter.com/VifciqJOrk
- Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 15, 2019