MSNBC reporter to House Dems on impeachment: ‘ I track this stuff for a living and I’m lost on the strategy or plan’

The House Judiciary Committee just passed a resolution “defining the rules of an impeachment investigation”:

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The House Judiciary Committee passes a resolution defining the rules of an impeachment investigation, the panel's first vote on the issue https://cnn.it/2ke5DyK 

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In other words, they’re still trying to figure out if they should impeach President Trump or not:

Ted Nesi

✔@TedNesi

.@davidcicilline: “With today’s vote, we have established procedures to govern our impeachment investigation of the President, in order to decide whether to recommend Articles of Impeachment to the full House.” https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1172151424752525313 …

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The House Judiciary Committee passes a resolution defining the rules of an impeachment investigation, the panel's first vote on the issue https://cnn.it/2ke5DyK 

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But Rep. Jerry Nadler says this is the same as an impeachment inquiry:

Joel B. Pollak

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"Some call this process an impeachment inquiry, some call it an impeachment investigation. There is no legal difference between these terms, and I no longer care to argue nomenclature" @RepJerryNadler, on morning of #DemocratDebate, 36 hrs after his party lost 2 special elections

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And don’t ask Rep. Nadler to clarify:

Adam Baldwin

✔@AdamBaldwin

. @mkraju : “What are the implications of the leadership not calling for impeachment?”

Nadler: *waves off*

Fools.

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If you’re confused at home, don’t be. From MSNBC’s Garrett Haake:

Garrett Haake

✔@GarrettHaake

Following House judiciary committee vote on impeachment-inquiry-that-isn’t-impeachment. I track this stuff for a living and I’m lost on the strategy or plan. Have house Dems totally lost the thread here?

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Does anyone know what they voted for?

Jeremy Herb

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Rep. Jeffries, a member of Dem leadership, says Judiciary is "conducting an impeachment investigation into the culture of corruption, abuse of power and obstruction”

When asked Wed if it was an impeachment inquiry, Jeffries said he didn't "want to get caught in semantics"

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LOL:

Mark Gongloff

✔@markgongloff

Replying to @markgongloff

Their latest step is to keep Schroedinger's Impeachment in the mystery box by saying yes they are/aren't impeaching https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judiciary-committee-impeachment-resolution-vote_n_5d7a3edde4b0fc715342e394?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL2FOaHNKU1Z1ZTc&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD6kNfA-A0MmZ9bh0apbiYdD1NTf8NKybv5M9-P3a2JqqBkJErBe4gmV8i4cjQTSoHkRz2EdcqLXXKJulZSmzQbU19A8881rz_GdrTakbBixO6ftqGG-E7b4pk1A7PaZtoUWN34izbb-ZUidxI-gxDnkESR4XR5OWB1ktQuKJdYh …

House Judiciary Committee Approves Impeachment-Themed Resolution

The vote authorizes the committee to investigate "whether to recommend articles of impeachment," but there's been confusion about what it means.

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Well, whatever it is, it starts on September 17:

Elizabeth Landers

✔@ElizLanders

.@RepJerryNadler announces that there will be an “aggressive” set of hearings around an impeachment investigation starting on September 17th.

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