Schiff says Democrats MAY take up impeachment against

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that Democrats may take up impeachment against President Donald Trump.

'It may be that we undertake an impeachment,' he told ABC's 'This Week.' 

'I think what we're going to have to decide as a caucus is what is the best thing for the country. Is the best thing for the country to take up an impeachment proceeding because to do otherwise sends a message that this conduct is somehow compatible with office or is it in the best interest of the country not to take up an impeachment that we know will not be successful in the Senate because the Republican leadership will not do its duty?,' he added.

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said Democrats may take up impeachment against President Donald Trump

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said Democrats may take up impeachment against President Donald Trump

Schiff said it would be difficult for impeachment against President Donald Trump to be successful given Republicans' control of the Senate.

Schiff said it would be difficult for impeachment against President Donald Trump to be successful given Republicans' control of the Senate. 

Schiff noted it's a difficult decision.

'I think it's a very difficult decision and we're going to have a caucus about this over the next couple of weeks to try to figure out what the best course is, not for the party, but what's the best course for the country,' he said on 'Fox News Sunday. 

The California Democrat did say he thinks the president is guilty of 'impeachable offenses.' 

'I think without question within the realm of impeachable offenses,' he noted on ABC. 

But, he added, Trump has Republicans in Congress - like House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - to defend him, making it unlikely impeachment will be successful.

'We are, unfortunately, in an environment today where the GOP leadership, people like Kevin McCarthy, are willing to carry the president's water no matter how corrupt or unethical or dishonest the president's conduct may be. And in those kind of circumstances, when Mitch McConnell will not stand up to the president either, it means that an impeachment is likely to be unsuccessful,' he said. 

Impeachment proceedings is a two-step process in the United States. The House undertakes the investigation and then votes on passing articles of impeachment. Should those pass the official in question is 'impeached' and the matter moves to the Senate.

The Senate tries the accused. If it is the president, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial. 

Two thirds of the Senate must find the person guilty of impeachable

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