Pelosi’s leadership team presses her to begin impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON - Members of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s own leadership team confronted her in a contentious Monday night meeting and argued that it was time to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to sources in the room.

At least five members of Pelosi’s leadership team - four who also sit on the House Judiciary Committee with jurisdiction over impeachment pressed Pelosi to allow the panel to start the inquiry, which they argued would help investigators attain documents and testimony Trump has blocked.

Pelosi, according to sources in the room, pushed back on the idea with senior leaders, including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD. Pelosi has also long been an impeachment skeptic and tried to tamp down impeachment talk in her caucus as recently as last week by encouraging members to focus on their legislative agenda.