Pelosi Called out for Apparent Misstatement About Impeachment Witnesses During ABC Interview
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said House Democrats were “in court” to try to get more witnesses for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump . Host George…
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said House Democrats were “in court” to try to get more witnesses for the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Host George Stephanopoulos played a clip of Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) criticizing House Democrats for not trying to enforce their subpoenas and force several White House aides to testify about their knowledge of the decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine.
Pelosi said Collins’ statement was “not true” and went on to claim that the House had taken several subpoenas to court.
“That isn’t even true. We are in court on the witnesses. It could take a very long time,” Pelosi said.
Watch her comments below:
When Stephanopolous noted that House Democrats did not subpoena former National Security Advisor John Bolton, Pelosi claimed that the House was seeking to enforce subpoenas of other prospective witnesses.
“Well, on the other witnesses we have been in court. And we haven’t ever eliminated the possibility of subpoenaing Bolton.”
However, Politico’s Kyle Cheney noted that House Democratics only sought to subpoena former White House Counsel Don McGahn and have “intentionally avoided subpoenas for other Ukraine witnesses.”