US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump ‘just not worth’ impeaching, too divisive
- Some rank-and-file House Democrats are keen to begin impeachment proceedings
- Others remain concerned that for now, an effort to oust Trump before the 2020 election might backfire
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, America’s most powerful Democrat, said that she does not support impeaching Donald Trump, arguing the Republican president is “just not worth it”.
“I’m not for impeachment,” Pelosi told in a wide-ranging interview, the strongest signal yet that the Democratic leadership is deeply hesitant about taking such an explosive step to remove a sitting president.
“Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country,” she said.
“And he’s just not worth it.”
Trump and his associates face multiple investigations, including one headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that is looking into Russian influence on the 2016 US election and potential collusion between Trump’s team and Moscow.
And in explosive congressional testimony late last month, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen branded the president a con man and cheat and sought to implicate his ex-boss in multiple crimes.
