“Nancy Pelosi changed the rules and the precedent,” in responding to a reporter who asked how he justified not holding a vote before launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.”
What FactCheck.org found
Pelosi held an authorizing vote about five weeks after she announced an impeachment inquiry into then-President Trump in 2019. But the Constitution and House rules do not require a vote before an inquiry can begin.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin McCarthy (U.S. House Speaker) made this claim around 13 September 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 September 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “We Explain 2019/2023 Inquiries”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.