“...they got away with it because, up until January 20th of 2017 we don’t control the executive branch. But that changes...”
—Trey Gowdy
We'll see.
There is no point in time that a House initiative to impeach by even one representative could have been prevented. It would surely have been stopped, failed to receive support, etc., but that doesn’t mean it could not have been submitted AT LEAST FOR THE RECORD and for the sake of integrity.