CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jerry Nadler

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BLITZER: On another sensitive issue, Manu, I just spoke with the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Jerry Nadler, about opening a formal impeachment inquiry.

You were listening. Does it sound like he's moving closer to doing exactly that?

RAJU: Well, he's certainly not ruling it out. He is getting pressure from a number of members, including on his committee, to move forward with an impeachment inquiry.

And, Wolf, notably, when you asked him whether or not he and Nancy Pelosi are on the same page, Pelosi, who opposes moving forward an inquiry right now, Nadler would not say.

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BLITZER: Mr. Chairman, why not open a formal inquiry?

REP. JERROLD NADLER (D), NEW YORK: As I said, it may come to that.

BLITZER: But why not now? What's the problem if you start it right now, and you begin the process? You're going to go ahead with investigations to begin with.

NADLER: Well, right now, there doesn't appear to be the support for it.

BLITZER: Are you on the same page with the speaker, Nancy Pelosi, when it comes to impeachment?

NADLER: As I said, we are launching an inquiry now, and whether we will launch an impeachment inquiry, it may come to that.

BLITZER: Well, is there any chance, Mr. Chairman, you would open up an impeachment inquiry without Speaker Pelosi's support?

NADLER: I think that if -- when that decision has to be made, it will be made not by any one individual. It will be made by the -- probably by the caucus as a whole.

Certainly, Nancy will have the largest single voice in it, various committee chairs, and rank-and-file members. (END VIDEOTAPE)

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