Pelosi makes no mention of impeachment in statement on Mueller's press conference

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made no mention of impeachment in her response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public statement in two years.

Pelosi in a statement on Wednesday said that "Congress holds sacred its constitutional responsibility to investigate and hold the president accountable for his abuse of power." She also said that Congress will "continue to investigate and legislate to protect our elections and secure our democracy."

The House speaker, however, does not mention impeachment at any point in her statement, a contrast from some of her fellow Democrats, with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday in a reversal saying that Congress "has a legal and moral obligation to begin impeachment proceedings immediately." Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and David Cicilline (D-R.I.) were among those who reiterated their calls for an impeachment inquiry in response to Mueller's press conference on Wednesday.

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Pelosi, however, has continuously resisted calls from Democrats to proceed with impeachment, arguing in public and in closed-door meetings that this would play into Trump's hands and that Democrats should simply continue with their ongoing investigations.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) also released a statement on Wednesday saying that Congress has an "obligation" to "continue our constitutionally mandated oversight," but he, too, did not mention impeachment.