UPDATE: Rep. Blumenauer says he has approached Pelosi about this and said she indicated she's "considering it." He argued that a delay would allow the House to continue collecting evidence and possibly win favorable court rulings to advance their case. https://t.co/FpehnzSlec
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 18, 2019
They’re literally admitting they have no evidence and no obstruction if Trump still has pending case before the Courts.
Via Hot Air:
This is one hell of a time to get cold feet on impeachment, but here we are. Apparently, House Democrats just realized that their control of the process and narrative of impeachment will end just as soon as they send it over to the Republican-controlled Senate. The second-ranking House Democrat told reporters that they might have to delay it in order to give Chuck Schumer enough leverage to negotiate with Mitch McConnell:
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking lawmaker in the House, said Wednesday that Democrats must discuss a last-ditch gambit to delay sending articles of impeachment to the Senate and prevent the Republican controlled chamber from summarily discarding the case against President Donald Trump.
“Some think it’s a good idea. And we need to talk about it,” Hoyer said just as the House began debating articles of impeachment that charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.