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title: "Pelosi says need compelling case for House to pursue Trump's impeachment"
description: "May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the option of impeaching President Donald Trump was not off the table, but that the case should be \"iron-clad\" before the House of Representatives pursues it."
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# Pelosi says need compelling case for House to pursue Trump's impeachment

> May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the option of impeaching President Donald Trump was not off the table, but that the case should be "iron-clad" before the House of Representatives pursues it.

By Reuters · Published 29 May 2019, 23:40 SAST

## Content

"Nothing is off the table," Pelosi, a Democrat, said at an event in San Francisco. "What we do want to make is such a compelling case, such an iron-clad case, that even the Republican Senate, which at the time seems to be not an objective jury, will be convinced of the path that we have to take as a country." (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham in Washington; Editing by Tim Ahmann)