House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should transfer the ongoing impeachment investigation from the House Intelligence Committee. It does not have proper ongoing jurisdiction over most of the subject matter involved, and its chairman, Adam Schiff, has been discredited.

The White House’s admission that there was indeed at least a partial quid pro quo involved in withholding military assistance to Ukraine makes it all the more crucial that the House impeachment investigation be conducted in ways the public will see as fair and legitimate. As the case for impeachment of President Trump becomes more powerful, so does the need for public confidence in the proceedings.