Pelosi: GOP House might impeach Clinton

By Susan Ferrechio

Published October 19, 2016 4:43pm ET

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Pelosi: GOP House might impeach Clinton — "When it became apparent he was not going to win, the Republicans started talking about checks and balances," Pelosi said, recalling the Dole-Clinton race. "And you know what that translated into? Impeachment of the president of the United States." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi suggested Wednesday that a GOP-led Congress could move to impeach Hillary Clinton if she is elected president, as they did to Bill Clinton in 1998.

Pelosi, D-Calif., said Republicans have hinted as much this election cycle by advocating for “checks and balances” in a divided government, which she said is a “code word for obstruction or something worse.”

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