Nadler: Mueller has to testify publicly.
Nancy Pelosi came out of today’s House Democratic caucus meeting talking tough, but perhaps carrying a soft gavel. Pelosi accused Donald Trump of being “engaged in a cover-up” in remarks as she emerged from the meeting. However, other reports suggested that Pelosi successfully reined in mavericks that wanted to go full throttle on impeachment:
JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi says „we believe the president of the United States is engaged in a cover up“ by stonewalling testimony for ongoing congressional investigations. pic.twitter.com/7ILMb95vZM
NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22,2019
“Engaged in a cover up” sounds kind of… impeach-y, no? Well, no, actually, as Manu Raju reported shortly afterward. Pelosi gave voice to the frustration of activists within the caucus, but pulled more support together for a go-it-slow approach from the meeting. Even Jerrold Nadler seemed less enthusiastic for impeachment than his recent public pronouncements suggest, and momentum appears to have solidified behind Pelosi’s strategy:
At meeting, Dem chairs laid plans for their probes. Cummings said they are “winning,” pointing to Monday court case
Nadler was angry at the admin but didn’t call for impeachment
More members are speaking up for current process rather than impeachment – as Pelosi wants https://t.co/IBt87Le55L
Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 22,2019
Pelosi hinted at this in the same clip as her “cover-up” allegation. “Would you believe,” Pelosi quipped in praising the current committee-investigation efforts, “that it’s important to follow the facts?” Of course, but many voters thought that was what Robert Mueller already did, too.
