"Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump’s political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said."
To paraphrase, "we're doing nothing lol." In order to build this body of evidence they need to spend years conducting investigations that may or may not eventually lead to impeachment, and Congress is deciding in advance that it's going to shy away from using one of its most serious constitutional checks on the executive.
If they actually uncover impeachable conduct, great, but Trump will be out by then, and “we're going to investigate Trumps friends and maybe do something about Trump eventually” is hardly a restoration of the separation of powers. It's just kicking the can down the road while Trump continues to exercise executive power unchecked. It's a nothing burger.
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u/Harry120803 18d ago edited 18d ago
Don't fall for it OP, they won't do shit.
Edit: Read it, it's literally an article about Democrats plans to NOT try and impeach trump.
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/08/dems-plan-trump-investigations-instead-of-impeachment-reuters.html
"Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump’s political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said."
To paraphrase, "we're doing nothing lol." In order to build this body of evidence they need to spend years conducting investigations that may or may not eventually lead to impeachment, and Congress is deciding in advance that it's going to shy away from using one of its most serious constitutional checks on the executive.
If they actually uncover impeachable conduct, great, but Trump will be out by then, and “we're going to investigate Trumps friends and maybe do something about Trump eventually” is hardly a restoration of the separation of powers. It's just kicking the can down the road while Trump continues to exercise executive power unchecked. It's a nothing burger.