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    Democrats' Impeachment Divide Tests Pelosi

    President Trump's efforts to block congressional oversight into his administration and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is ratcheting up impeachment talk among House Democrats.
    by Susan Davis May 21, 2019 4 minutes
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a weekly news conference on May 16 on Capitol Hill. Pelosi is dealing with rising calls for impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

    Updated at 3:02 p.m. ET

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will convene a meeting Wednesday morning to hear from Democrats on whether or not to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

    Pelosi, a public skeptic of impeachment, is confronting a rising tide of support for it among rank-and-file House Democrats and members of her own leadership team. Democrats are outraged by the Trump administration's ongoing effort to stymie congressional oversight into the president, his administration, and the findings in special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

    "She's hearing the views of the caucus, and listening to different perspectives and we're having that it gives the House a stronger legal hand in securing documents, testimony and cooperation from the Trump administration.

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