In a closed door meeting Wednesday evening, one House Democrat after another pressed the leadership about impeachment proceedings and asking for clarity on the process for moving forward with a formal inquiry, according to multiple attendees
.Although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued to indicate that it's still not time to begin that inquiry, she and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler did welcome a more detailed discussion among House Democrats eager to know the game plan over impeachment now that Mueller is done with his testimony.
It's unclear whether Pelosi, Nadler and other leaders will face more pressure to publicly support an impeachment inquiry, a formal process that would assess the multiple instances where Trump may have obstructed the special counsel's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and potentially charge the President with crimes. More than half of the two dozen Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have called for it.
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