Nancy Pelosi rallies to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's defense, demands Matt Whitaker's recusal from Russia probe.
With Democrats set to reclaim control of the House in January and President Trump already infuriating them with the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speculation is rampant over whether they will use that power to pursue impeachment against the president -- or even Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wants to be speaker, has pushed back on pressure from the base to pursue impeachment, saying earlier this week "that&apos;s not what our caucus is about" even as Democratic lawmakers make clear they will pursue other investigations of the administration.
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But Pelosi has urged caution on pushing impeachment -- instead calling for Democrats to focus on issues such as taxes and health care. In a press conference Wednesday, she said Democrats wouldn’t go looking for a fight, but would also investigate when they deemed it necessary.
“We do not intend to abandon or relinquish our responsibility -- Article I, the first branch of government and our responsibilities for accountability, for oversight and the rest. This doesn&apos;t mean we go looking for a fight, but it means that if we see a need to go forward, we will,” she said.
Any impeachment push in the House would not only carry political risks but face little chance of succeeding as long as the president&apos;s party stands by him -- given that the Senate, where Republicans padded their majority, has the power to convict or acquit.
However, she has said that unearthing Trump&apos;s personal tax returns would be "one of the first things we&apos;d do," in an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle, calling it the "easiest thing in the world" to obtain them using statutory authority granted to congressional committees under the Internal Revenue Service code.