NBC Analyst: "Very solid #Dem House leadership source just confirmed to me that @SpeakerPelosi will announce a formal impeachment inquiry"

[Deleted member 18944]

UPDATE:

JUST IN: Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi just announced Congress is launching a formal impeachment inquiry.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-ukraine-09-24-2019/index.html

Original post below:

It's happening.




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[KtotheRoc]

 

[Lotus]

It's happening.

 

[Clefargle]

INB4:

"This inquiry will be narrow in scope and not look into his family"

 

[RumbleHumble]

Bring it.

 

[Komarkaze]

About goddamn time

 

[Omegasquash]

Thanksgiving this year will be so, so much fun.

 

[Hey Please]

I will believe it when I see and hear it.

 

[SasaBassa]

are we finally at the Dr Strange fading away portion of this theater?
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[Vincent Alexander]

Uh huh....We'll see.

 

[Agentnibs]

I'll believe it when I see it

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I believe he's the only person reporting as such at the moment.

This thread may be a bit premature.

 

[nightstalker962]

Too little, too late Nancy.

 

[alexi52]

It better

 

[Xando]

Pelosi will find a way to fuck everyone over.

 

[Feep]

Will the happening happen?

 

[Fisty]

I wont buy in until the House votes to impeach. I'm so done with Pelosi

 

[jon bones]

i trust pelosi - she is waiting for this to have maximum impact on the election

are we finally at the Dr Strange fading away portion of this theater?
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pelosi is truly dr strange... if she tells us what happens, it wont happen

 

[YaBish]

FUCK YES

I'm under no illusion that he will be removed from office, but this just needs to happen. He's too blatantly corrupt. Fuck the political implications and stand for something for once.

 

[cognizant]

are we finally at the Dr Strange fading away portion of this theater?
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No I think this is when a bearded Pelosi shows up in a train station. It's a nice moment but there's still dark times ahead.

 

[CelestialAtom]

She took her goddamn sweet time.

 

[Enduin]

 

[Kyra]

watch it not happen.

 

[Taurus Silver]

Bout fucking time, Nancy. Now if Republicans would open their eyes to Trumps bullshit we might actually get rid of the fuckwad.

 

[skycamefalling]

I thought they had already launched an inquiry, but wouldn't call it that? What the fuck is going on?

 

[RedMercury]

I believe he's the only person reporting as such at the moment.

This thread may be a bit premature.

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I've seen this from a few sources and I've seen otherwise as well. Def premature

 

[Flex1212]

Only about a year too late.

 

[StudioTan]

Question from a non-American. If he gets impeached, does that mean the Republicans will have to have a primary to select who's going to run in 2020? Or will it be Mike Pence? How would that work considering the Dems have been holding primaries for a while now?

 

[Strike]

Better late than never, I guess. Now will it go anywhere...

 

[Rad Bandolar]

No I think this is when a bearded Pelosi shows up in a train station. It's a nice moment but there's still dark times ahead.

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This is when she asks Amidala if she'd defer to forming a committee to look into the validity of the accusations.

 

[modestb]

Let's do this.

 

[Wiibomb]

I'm not from the US, so I don't know much, but isn't this like really really late? and by that I mean, won't he be out of office by the time some kind of conclusive veredict is out of this?

 

[RailWays]

Believe it when I see it, but we very much need this.

 

[SurrenderDorothy]

 

[Deleted member 18944]

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[Pai Pai Master]

Question from a non-American. If he gets impeached, does that mean the Republicans will have to have a primary to select who's going to run in 2020? Or will it be Mike Pence? How would that work considering the Dems have been holding primaries for a while now?

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He's not actually going to be impeached. This is about airing all the dirty laundry in front of the electorate before 2020.

 

[Richiek]

Question from a non-American. If he gets impeached, does that mean the Republicans will have to have a primary to select who's going to run in 2020? Or will it be Mike Pence? How would that work considering the Dems have been holding primaries for a while now?

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Impeachment is only the first step. The Senate then needs to vote whether or not to convict the President and with Moscow Mitch as majority leader, that ain't gonna happen.

 

[Beer Monkey]

This is because he doesn't want the whistleblower report released.

And he is shook.

 

[Foffy]

Trump trying to release the transcript to stop this is amazing. We all know he's gonna pick an easy call to use as a sample.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Will the happening happen?

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[Kyra]

It's amazing getting excited for just the damn inquiry. What will we have to go through for actual impeachment.

 

[Tbm24]

This is because he doesn't want the whistleblower report released.

And he is shook.

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So he's going to make the inquiry even easier? Cool.

 

[geardo]

Pelosi is on CNN tripping over herself to not say anything about impeachment

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

He's not actually going to be impeached. This is about airing all the dirty laundry in front of the electorate before 2020.

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Correction, he will be impeached, he just won't be convicted by 2/3 of the Senate.

 

[thediamondage]

Question from a non-American. If he gets impeached, does that mean the Republicans will have to have a primary to select who's going to run in 2020? Or will it be Mike Pence? How would that work considering the Dems have been holding primaries for a while now?

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Bill Clinton was impeached. Its a three step process

1. the House of Reps has to vote to impeach the President (or any elected official) and send the bill of impeachment to the Senate

2. the Senate has to convict on the impeachment

3. ??? has to carry out the terms of the impeachment and force the affected party to resign


There is basically a near zero chance of #2 happening since it would require I think 67 out of 100 votes to convict on the impeachment, and republicans control like 54 of the seats so you'd have to have 100% of the democrats and like 50% of the republicans agree, which isn't gonna happen. #1 is much closer since you only need 218 votes to impeach in the house (out of 435) and democrats currently control 235 seats in the house.

 

[cakely]

Excellent.

As I said, thanks to the Ukraine scandal, impeachment was inevitable.

 

[cubanb]

Pelosi is on CNN tripping over herself to not say anything about impeachment

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She's meeting with House leadership in 30 minutes and then the full house dems after that. She is speaking to the media after that. She was never going to say anything at the atlantic festival panel before those meetings.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Correction, he will be impeached, he just won't be convicted by 2/3 of the Senate.

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yes my b thanks for making the important distinction

 

[KtotheRoc]

 

[Lant_War]

This is because he doesn't want the whistleblower report released.

And he is shook.

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Woah, he wrote a legible tweet.