Reporter's Notebook: Why is Pelosi holding the articles of impeachment? DC insiders have some theories (IMPEACHMENT HELD HOSTAGE - DAY 8)

Fox News ^ | 12/25/19 | Chad Pergram

[Libloather]

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Washington has been atwitter over what Pelosi’s gambit could be by holding the articles. Let’s face it: no one really knows why Pelosi is holding the articles. Only she knows. But, here are some reasons various that learned Washington hands have suggested to Fox News as to why Pelosi isn’t sending the articles to the Senate just yet:

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3) Impeachment has gone badly for the Democrats. Pelosi was forced into impeaching the president by liberals in her caucus. She’s wanted to apply a hand brake and halt the process now in order to protect vulnerable freshmen Democrats who supported impeachment.

4) Pelosi feared a Senate trial. The president and many Republicans have said they wanted to summon her, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the Bidens and the whistleblower as witnesses in a Senate trial. Nothing good would come from a wide-open Senate trial for Democrats.

5) Pelosi wanted to hold the articles of impeachment through the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. This would delay a Senate trial until the field of 2020 Democrats settled - and would protect senators running for president.

[Libloather]

Even senior House Democrats indicated to Fox News last week they thought the House would send the articles to the Senate right away.

So the spiteful San Fran Gran Nan screwed everyone. Well played.

[be-baw]

Could be all, most or some of the above.

The best decisions are often not made for a single reason, but for multiple reasons. Pluses and minuses, etc.

[wastoute]

I’m no lawyer but I have a suspicion that perpetrating a fraud that results in a failed impeachment is a crime Schiff and Nadler have committed that hasn’t actually happened until the Articles get transmitted.

[wastoute]

They would like to consider it to be “just a frat prank” but it ain’t.

[Helicondelta]

Number 9 is the answer and Trump has been baiting her all along. Pelosi fell into a trap.

[pepsionice]

The blunt of ‘suffering’ is really about Hunter and Joe Biden, and I think Pelosi is looking over just how much Joe will have to absorb once Trump starts to present evidence at the ‘trial’. It’ll destroy Joe’s primary efforts, and most of the respect that he carved out over the past forty years.

All of this will be told by historians for the decades to come...the impeachment became more of a Biden situation, than a Trump situation.

[Rashputin]

Screw the formalities, the democrats have publicly stated what they're charging Trump with. The Senate should start sending out subpoenas and taking testimony with Federal Marshals hauling in any of the idiots like Hunter Biden and Joe Biden who have no BS immunity from being hauled in during a session of the House like Nancy and Schiff do.

Escort every single Ukrainian that twat who pretended to be a wonderful ambassador refused to grant a visa to the US because they were going to testify against Hunter Biden straight to the Senate hearings. Then drag that lying wench in again and confront her with her obvious and illegal protection of doper Hunter Biden.

After the above warm up, start hauling in all the people they know were part of the Obama administration who illegally accessed NSA taps for personal and political gain and there are dozens of them including Barry the Fag prez himself.

[abb]

This. And the poll numbers prove it. Remember, the Drive-Bys can do only one story at a time. As long as they’re covering TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP, they’re NOT COVERING the Democrat primaries and the candidates. And that earned media airtime for the Dem’s that’s gone forever.

[thinden]

imo, holding the cloud of impeachment over trump’s head gives the DS their best criminal defense.

as long as the “impeachment” questions are floated every minute of everyday by MSM, it will be difficult to indict & file charges against all the DS crooks

[qaz123]

Reading something the other day....holding on to the articles til RBG has to be replaced.

So much speculation about her health and what seems to be more frequent trips for treatments. Could the end be nigh? Are the Dem’s aware of some things, we’re not? Remember when they outed that pharmacy they all use and the pharmacist commented that if the American people knew the medications that some of Congress is on, they’d be horrified?

If so, what better way to delay actions for a Senate confirmation of the next SCOTUS Justice then dropping the impeachment paperwork at the same time?

[knarf]

OK

Tell schmuckie he'll get everything he wants

Let nazi pee lousy know she'll get everything she wants

Accept the articles of impeachment ....

and sit on them until both are voted out of office .... or just .... forever.

Tell them you're waiting until you can feel assured the Republicans will give you a fair trial and right now .... you're not so sure.

Go home, play golf, retire.

[Telepathic Intruder]

They know this is as far as they can get. They only wanted an impeachment so that they could sway voters in 2020 by saying “Trump is impeached”. They’re basically creating their own dirt on him for 2020, for whatever Democrap candidate that runs against him.

[Grey182]

Revenge for charging the company her son, Paul Pelosi Jr. co-founded, with criminal fraud. Funny how she had to rush the vote, and funny her son’s company was charged on the same day as the impeachment vote. What a coincidence. It’s like she is sending a message or something. lol

[rawcatslyentist]

Fraud is a polite word for the actions of Schwiftynads! The legal repercussions could well be lethal repercussions.

[ronnie raygun]

The criminals are in a position to protect themselves and family members for crimes they have committed. Their house of cards must fall and they must face justice

[SkyPilot]

Reasons #8 - #12 are all pretty much the same thing. The House controls the timeline, the agenda, and denies ending this farce in the Senate.

8.By holding the articles, Pelosi could dictate when a Senate trial could begin. After all, the Senate is pretty much bound to go through the motions of a trial at least. Perhaps Pelosi could send the articles in the early fall – right before the presidential election.

9.Pelosi has known how to get under Trump’s skin. Consider how Trump talked about how he wandered around alone at the White House last Christmas during the government shutdown. The president said just the other day he wanted a speedy trial. By holding onto the articles, Pelosi could deny the president his most prominent wish – and essentially rent space in Trump’s head. The president thought this would all be done by mid-January. Not now.

10.Republicans may soon start to demand that the speaker send over the articles post-haste. Republicans repeatedly have talked about how unfair the House impeachment process was to the president. But, by holding the articles, Pelosi also could goad Republicans into what some saw as an overzealous defense of Trump.

11.By stalling the articles in perpetuity, Pelosi could block the president from his chief wish: exoneration by the Senate. Holding the articles could trick Trump into a misstep and thwart him from saying the Senate rebuked what many Republicans called an overreach by the House.

12.By keeping the articles in the House, Pelosi would maintain control, instead of Trump. McConnell wouldn’t have control either. With the articles of impeachment in limbo, everyone else would be off balance – except Pelosi.

With Pelosi holding Impeachment over the President like a Sword of Damocles, Barr cannot declassify the FISA and release it's impact. FISA release would indicate that Obama, Hillary, and the Deep State all committed numerous crimes.

The Constitution says NOTHING about "sending the articles over." The House already impeached the President. Per the Constitution, the ball is now in the Senate's court. McConnell should have stated that fact on December 18th, and set a date for the trial in the Senate already. It would have robbed Pelosi of her stall tactic.

[SkyPilot]

The Senate should start sending out subpoenas and taking testimony with Federal Marshals hauling in any of the idiots like Hunter Biden and Joe Biden who have no BS immunity from being hauled in during a session of the House like Nancy and Schiff do. Escort every single Ukrainian that twat who pretended to be a wonderful ambassador refused to grant a visa to the US because they were going to testify against Hunter Biden straight to the Senate hearings. Then drag that lying wench in again and confront her with her obvious and illegal protection of doper Hunter Biden.

Agree, they should. The problem is, many, many Senator (of both parties) are dirty as well. They took millions upon millions in bribes from foreign governments. Much of it was recycled "Foreign Aid" that the Senate passed, and it ended up back in their own overseas bank accounts in the Caymans.

That is why these criminals become multi-millionaires a few years after being in office. They don't lust after these jobs for the $174,000 annual salary.

[Varsity Flight]

Irrelevant, so called “impeachment” will always be on the “hold” with this group, even if so called “articles” never existed.

[preacher]

L8r

[tired&retired]

Forget a Senate Impeachment Trial with Dem witnesses.

I want to hear the Dems stuttering to defend themselves in court in response to being indicted.