Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has come out against moving toward impeachment of Donald Trump, saying it is NOT worth it to do so, unless the evidence is overwhelming, conclusive, and has bipartisan backing.
That was NOT the viewpoint of Republicans in 1868 when they impeached Andrew Johnson, or Republicans in 1999 when they impeached Bill Clinton.
The case against both Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton was weak, and both avoided conviction in the US Senate.
But the case against Donald Trump is very strong, as clearly, he has abused power, obstructed justice, has had the most corrupt administration in American history, and has had more of the people associated with him indicted, convicted, and sentenced than any other President, and after only two years in office, with the first legal actions starting months into his term.
Donald Trump will not be convicted in the US Senate, unless something shocking occurs, which finally moves Republicans to abandon him, as they eventually did in the case of Richard Nixon.
For the record of history, Donald Trump needs to be punished by being impeached, based on the facts, and for his eventual obituary to report that fact in an early paragraph, as it did for Andrew Johnson, and will for Bill Clinton, both impeached on flimsy grounds. And as it is reported on Richard Nixon, that he was impeached by the House Judiciary Committee, and resigned shortly after.
Reminder:
http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cq/2006/11/08/cq_1916.html
Speaker Pelosi is as clear as day: no impeachment should occur unless there is sufficient information for some Republicans to kick a president of their own party out of office. We need to hear from Mueller, the various House investigations, the SDNY, and the State of New York. Pelosi wants impeachment. She’s just not going to do it prematurely.