‘It doesn’t matter’: Pelosi not concerned if Democrats lose majority over impeachment

Nancy Pelosi says Trump engaged in cover up
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to "shake down foreign leaders" and conceal it, undermining national security and forcing Congress to pursue his impeachment. (Sept. 26)
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AUSTIN, Texas – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Texas to cap the most pivotal week in her tenure as the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said Saturday Democrats will push ahead with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump regardless of any political consequences.

"It doesn't matter," Pelosi said in the wrap-up event of a weekend festival for politicians and journalists. "Our first responsibility is to the Constitution."

Pelosi, a California Democrat who reclaimed the gavel in the House after her party captured the majority in the 2018 November elections, spoke just blocks away from the Texas Capitol at the festival put on by the Texas Tribune.

In a conversation with Tribune CEO Evan Smith, Pelosi said the decision to move ahead with the possible impeachment was dictated by the president's actions.

Pelosi said her early hesitance to move ahead with impeachment was because the facts were insufficient until a whistleblower brought to light a phone conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

In that conversation, a rough transcript released by the White House after the whistleblower's concerns were made known showed Trump seeking politically damaging information against former Vice President Joe Biden, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

"I think right now, there is a coverup of the coverup," she said.

Trump, meanwhile, has insisted there was nothing improper about the call and dismissed talk of impeachment as "a witch hunt.

Pelosi also said she would allow the House Intelligence Committee to examine the facts without interference.
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