What will be the fallout from an Impeachment investigation? Whose Credible

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially announced the House’s plans to dial up its investigations into President Donald Trump after the president pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the business ties of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son — and allegedly withheld federal aid in order to make it happen.

“The president must be held accountable,” Pelosi told reporters. “No one is above the law.”

Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announces a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump on September 24, 2019. 

The inquiry,has changed from an investigative phase to public hearings as soon as next week. Six House committees including the Judiciary and Oversight panels are involved in the probe and they’ll continue gathering evidence. The big question now is whether this impeachment inquiry will turn into the House passing articles of impeachment — and how soon that will happen.

The Speaker’s sudden shift on impeachment is notable: It indicates how serious the House is about pursuing this investigation, especially given past concerns about potential political fallout leading up to the 2020 presidential election. She did so after a wave of moderate House Democrats came out in favor of the impeachment inquiry, convinced the Trump/Ukraine revelations merited swift and serious action by Congress.

We also discuss Trump's family and their interactions on Social media, Booker T. Washington's legacy and Keith Whittington's definition of a constitutional crisis.