Pelosi: Trump is Ethically, Intellectually Unfit for Office

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, March 12 (SEE) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not currently support impeaching President Donald Trump despite thinking that he's unfit for the country's highest office, according to Pelosi's statements published Tuesday.

In an interview with the Washington Post Magazine, Pelosi said that she is "not for impeachment." Pelosi said.

"This is news. I'm going to give you some news right now because I haven't said this to any press person before. But since you asked, and I've been thinking about this: Impeachment is so pisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it pides the country. And he's just not worth it."

The California Democrat also said that Trump is "ethically," "intellectually," and "curiosity-wise" unfit for office.

"No, I don't think he's fit to be President of the United States," she said.

Pelosi's comments are perhaps her strongest yet against the issue, but the speaker has signaled for months her resistance to pushing for impeachment.

"It's not someplace that I think we should go," Pelosi said on CNN's "State of the Union" in November 2017 when asked whether Democrats would seek to oust the President if they regained the majority.

The comments come days after House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler announced a sweeping investigation, sending letters to 81 people and entities -- including the White House, the Justice Department, senior campaign officials, Trump Organization officials and the President's sons -- into possible corruption, obstruction of justice and abuses of power.

Democrats say they're conducting the rigorous oversight of the administration that Republicans refused to do the first two years of Trump's presidency.

While Pelosi's comments may help Democrats in competitive districts distance themselves from a pisive topic, they could frustrate some of those now in the middle of congressional investigations, according to a CNN report published Tuesday.