This is exactly what House Dems feared — that the inconsistent messaging on impeachment could undermine their central claim to Mueller’s secret files.
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— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 13, 2019
Because Pelosi and Hoyer know it’s not happening and it’s all a game to try to get info to help beat Trump.
Via Politico:
The Justice Department on Friday flatly rejected House Democrats’ claim that they’re in the midst of an “impeachment investigation” into President Donald Trump, pointing to the scattershot messaging by Democratic leaders in recent days — even citing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reluctance to use the term at a news conference just a day ago.
In a new court filing on Friday, Justice Department lawyers argued that the House Judiciary Committee’s effort to obtain former special counsel Robert Mueller’s most sensitive secrets — evidence and testimony collected by a grand jury — should be denied, in part because House Democrats can’t agree on what to call their investigation.
“Most prominently, the speaker of the House has been emphatic that the investigation is not a true impeachment proceeding,” the lawyers wrote, citing Pelosi’s June statement that Democrats were “not even close” to such a move.
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/blockquote>HT: Twitchy