Pelosi still not interested in pursuing Trump impeachment proceedings

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is still resisting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, despite a growing expectation for action from her progressive caucus —  including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — following former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony Wednesday.

“My position has always been whatever decision we make in that regard has to be done with our strongest possible hand and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts,” Pelosi said Wednesday. “It’s about the Congress, the constitution and the courts. And we are fighting the president in the courts.”

House Democrats are heading to courts to seek grand jury material related to Mueller’s Russia probe and to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn — a key Mueller witness — to testify before Congress.

Some Democrats expected Pelosi to take decisive action after the long day of testimony from Mueller before two House committees.

“I think you will see that we will be taking some imminent action,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told The Post, who considered the hearings a success on advancing the case for impeachment.

“We intend to continue to hold this president accountable,” Jayapal said.

But Pelosi poured cold water on any immediate impeachment action.

“I don’t know why they thought that,” Pelosi said. “But they came to me and I don’t know why. We have a number of lawsuits.”

Ocasio-Cortez said Mueller “certainly” advanced the case for impeachment. “He indicated that the president could be liable for crimes after leaving office,” Ocasio-Cortez told the Post.

Asked if she was expecting imminent action from House leadership, the Bronx Democrat said: “I don’t know if I’d use the word expect, I think hope is a good one,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Pelosi said Democrats are still building their case that’s needed to sway public opinion and the GOP-led senate.

“The stronger our case is, the worse the Senate will look for just letting the president off the hook,” Pelosi said.

But Republicans said the Mueller testimony was a flop and it’s time for Democrats to move on.

“It was a historical day because it’s the day we close the book on this investigation,” said GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy.

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