By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:23 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 21:26 GMT, 11 March 2019
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid down a firm marker against impeaching President Donald Trump, saying the effort would divide the nation and is 'not worth it.'
Pelosi has long counseled her colleagues not to allow their talk on impeachment to get ahead of the facts – including the final report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
But in her latest comments to the Washington Post, she stated flat out that she is 'not for' impeachment unless the evidence reaches a threshold of being both compelling and bipartisan.
On that second criteria, Pelosi appears to be putting the decision of a GOP Senate majority that has so far refused to condemn Trump on policy matters such as his emergency declaration for a border wall, or on personal matters like his payments to lawyer Michael Cohen and hush agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels.
NOT WORTH IT: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., said impeachment President Trump is not 'worth it'
'I’m not for impeachment. This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person before,' Pelosi told the paper.
'But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and
