Speaker Pelosi did not have to pass legislation to carry out an impeachment inquiry. That has been stated in a judicial review.

I don't really see this as a wrench so much as an act of compassion. President Trump has been saying all sorts of things in his defense on Twitter. I really believe Speaker Pelosi decided she would carry out a more pleasing approach in the light that this is Trump's impending impeachment. I think she is trying to overcome his discomfort with their process.

McConnell, of course, is carrying on as if it is his impeachment which could very well mean he is not so much a legislator as an obstructor. Does McConnell understand the legislative process at all?

McConnell is saying the US House Impeachment Inquiry legislation falls far short of a good process. I think Speaker Pelosi and her committees have addressed these issues exactly correctly. It isn't any of their faults that Trump lies constantly, violates the trust of the US Constitution and has witnesses that come forward after being subpoenaed to state the truth. Sorry, Mitch, but no one is going to lie to benefit your partisan divide.

October 29, 2019
By Grace Panetta

On Tuesday, (click here) House Democrats officially filed a resolution outlining the terms and parameters of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, throwing a wrench into many of the Republican criticisms of the impeachment process....