So... the White House says they will not cooperate until there is a vote on impeachment, just so they can say that there was a vote for impeachment without a proper investigation. Just how dumb is Trump and his lackeys?
White House, State Department, and other staff will be asked to testify, if they refuse they will receive a subpoena. If Trump tells them they are not allowed, he will then be openly committing obstruction and there will be no need for an investigation. End of story.
It doesn't take a whole lot of intelligence to see the road map here.
That's probably why you're lost.
Pelosi didn't put it to a vote in the House, trying to protect her moderate dems. Nobody really knows whether she has the votes on her own to
get the impeachment.
You do understand that not one subpoena has been served during this makeshift inquiry...don't you? Lot of threatening letters but no subpoenas.
If she subpoenas right now, and it is not obeyed, they can tie it up in the courts for months.
Her moderates have already told her the case must be narrow. They can't be jumping all over the board. They will not support her on a wild goose
chase. If they have something viable to impeach on, then they will go along. If it is something that will be shot down in the Senate, they won't
The Dems cannot let this impeachment go into 2020. They cannot be seen as disenfranchising half the Country. Their nominee would be toast, out of
spite.
The Donald is running out their clock. They need to hold a vote very quickly and they need something that has a chance of getting pass the Senate.
If she doesn't schedule a vote real soon...it only means she doesn't have the votes to get it passed..