I know. It's a hypothetical that explains a possible way to impeach without the Senate taking it up. It is contingent on not voting to impeach in the House until next October.
The only way to defer it in any way is based on the first post in this thread that I responded to with this hypothetical, which suggested that Nadler would take up the hearings after Schiff is finished.
Would Pelosi call for the full House vote on impeachment based only on the Intelligence Committee hearings? I doubt it. I also doubt the Senate Judiciary Committee would accept articles of Impeachment as legitimate from anywhere other than their counterpart House Judiciary Committee.
Can Nadler hold his hearings in the Judiciary Committee between now and mid-December, with Thanksgiving and Christmas recesses coming up? Maybe, maybe not. That's only about a three week window of opportunity to get it scheduled, get witnesses lined up to appear, etc.
So, if Nadler were to hold "official" impeachment inquiry hearings at all, it would likely be in January 2020 at the beginning of the second session of this Congress. At that point, I'd think that Pelosi would want it all wrapped up by Super Tuesday in the first week of March.
-PJ
When are they officially scheduled to start Christmas recess? How many “working” days are left this year?
Nadler is too busy eating to think this through.
Nadler is too busy eating to think this through.