Pelosi Resisted Push to Impeach Trump on January 6

The Intercept: “History often unfolds through the collision of structural forces that operate independently of any specific decision or decision maker. But once in a while, a real moment of contingency arises in which a single person, choosing between several genuinely viable options within their reach, can set history on a different course.”

“One such moment arose on the night of January 6, 2021. According to the new book Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump, leading Democrats pushed hard to impeach then-President Donald Trump the day of the insurrection. But they were beaten back by a reluctant House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who instead decided to gavel the chamber out of session once it had finished the business at hand — certifying the election — in the early hours of January 7.”