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It might be safe to say that NBC political director Chuck Todd was invested in or, at least, very eager to have Democrats start actively chasing down President Trump via impeachment. After seemly trying to goad Congressional Democrats into starting an impeachment case earlier on Sunday, Todd grilled Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) during Meet the Press on why he and party leadership had not done more to get rid of Trump.
Before getting to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Todd gave viewers a crash course in what the Special Counsel investigation found. And in true Chuck Todd-fashion, he put his own spin on the findings. “It describes a campaign eager to accept the help of a hostile foreign power, Russia, and a President who later worked furiously to obstruct the investigation.” If that was true, then why were charges not filed against the President, or at least a recommendation for them to be filed?
“You have all of this case of obstruction presented in the Mueller report as you've just stated. Some might ask, why haven't you start—why haven’t you opened an impeachment inquiry? Or, in fairness, is that what you’re right doing,” he pressed Nadler almost a half-hour later.
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