Nancy Pelosi says Trump 'wants us' to start impeachment proceedings

President Trump is apparently begging to be tried for high crimes and misdemeanors.

As more and more Democrats keep joining the call for Trump's impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has ignored prodding from other House leaders and her own staff to remain a holdout on the process. Pelosi reiterated her stance in a Thursday press conference, saying "the House Democratic Caucus is not on a path to impeachment — and that's where [Trump] wants us to be."

Pelosi, along with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), held an infrastructure meeting with Trump on Wednesday that lasted all of three minutes. That's because Trump walked out of the meeting, chalking his exit up to Pelosi's allegation that Trump "engaged in a cover up" involving his finances. But Pelosi suggested Thursday that Trump's real problem was with how ongoing court cases are putting Democrats closer to his finances, as well as Democrats' will-they, won't-they attitude on impeachment.

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Also on Thursday, Pelosi said she was holding out on backing impeachment because it's "a very divisive place to go in our country," but conceded yet again that Trump may have committed "impeachable offenses." Kathryn Krawczyk