August 10, 2019
Nadler’s phony ‘impeachment inquiry’ talk will run smack into the House Rules Committee
By Ed Timperlake
Chairman Jerry Nadler appears to be an intellectually limited man or at least he plays one on TV. His leader in the House, Speaker Pelosi, can run from an “Impeachment Inquiry†but she cannot hide if it begins to become a formal process. Via The Hill:
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) is hitting the rhetorical gas on Democratic efforts to impeach President Trump.
The Judiciary Committee chairman this week boosted his case that the panel has already launched impeachment proceedings into potential presidential wrongdoing, applying the "formal" label to the process for the first time while amplifying vows to draft impeachment articles if his ongoing probes reveal the type of misconduct to merit them.
The escalation is one of tone, rather than process. In court filings over the past several weeks, Judiciary Committee Democrats have cited the potential for impeachment as the basis for seeking disputed documents and witness testimony from an uncooperative administration, with members variably characterizing the operation as an “impeachment inquiry†or “impeachment investigation.â€
Nadler's recent comments marked an amped up extension of that strategy — one that required no votes to set it in motion. But his forceful choice of words sent a clear signal that the emboldened chairman and his committee are charging ahead with a process that could lead to impeachment votes later in the year, while beating back liberal criticisms that the panel has been too timid in its investigative approach.
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The lasting problem is what the late, brilliant Gerald “Jerry†Solomon (R-NY) Republican Chair of the House Committee on Rules, told me when I was on the Rules Committee Professional Staff. “The Democrats are very lazy and they do no bother to learn the Rules.†Consequently, their flop sweat of trying to explain what is going on is actually truly pathetic.
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