Pelosi 'flat-out not telling the truth': GOP congressman slams impeachment announcement

Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that "uncontested facts" led her to announce an imminent move forward with the impeachment of President Trump.

In a brief Thursday morning statement, Pelosi announced the House's intention to move forward with impeachment, saying that the president had exhibited a "failure to faithfully execute the law." "The president leaves us no choice but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again, the election for his own personal benefit," the California Democrat said. "Today, I am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment."

"She is flat-out not telling the truth," Biggs said immediately after Pelosi's announcement. "The facts are highly contested here." Biggs, appearing Fox News, also questioned why, if Pelosi and others in the House believed that the circumstances surrounding impeachment were truly pressing, that she allowed so much time to pass over the past few months before moving forward. "Why did we take all of August off ... another week off in September, almost two weeks in October, another 10 days in November with no action on impeachment or investigation?"

Biggs also rebuked Pelosi's assertion that the Trump presidency resembled an unelected monarch rather than the office of an elected head of state. "When she talks about a monarchy, that's why we have elections," he said.