More than 200 House members now support impeachment inquiry

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on Tuesday that the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and she has the support of more than 200 representatives.

There are 235 Democrats in the House, and as of Tuesday night, 202 of them are backing the inquiry, including 22 members of the Judiciary Committee, The New York Times reports. They are joined by one independent, former Republican Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.).

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.