House Dems Say They Won't Impeach Trump If They Retake the House

I don’t believe it. Neither should you, especially since this party cannot be trusted on anything. Although mistrust is common in the capital and on both sides, if Democrats are trying to use this to prove something to independent voters who are wary that they will just hold an impeachment circus over Trump, I doubt it will convince them. House Democrats are reportedly not going to impeach Trump if they retake the House but will instead launch numerous investigations into him (via CNBC):

U.S. House Democrats preparing for a possible return to power are developing a broad investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Donald Trump, instead of trying to impeach him immediately, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump’s political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said.

The approach reflects both Democratic caution and a lesson many in the party say they learned during Trump’s first term: that impeachment proceedings can consume Congress while allowing Trump to cast himself as the victim of a partisan campaign.

Instead, Democrats involved in the planning envision using House investigative powers after November’s midterm elections to scrutinize the administration’s decision-making and examine whether Trump used his power to benefit himself, allies or donors.

“We’re not going into this to impeach,” said a senior Democratic aide, describing the thinking among party leaders and committee staff. “No one wants a failed vote on day one. The focus is on building a body of evidence through investigations that can hold Trump accountable.”

Democrats do know The Odyssey was released this summer, right? And that whole bit about the Trojan Horse. This is extremely disingenuous: they’re going to launch numerous investigations that will confirm their bias, and then they’ll impeach. Too many Democrats have shared what they’re going to do, and if Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) says otherwise, claiming they won’t go full force on impeachment, which I cannot take seriously given his party’s past rhetoric, it means little because a) he can’t control his caucus, and b) it’s doubtful he’ll be the leader of House Democrats next session. 

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