"if house democrats are so confident in their move to impeach, they should be doing so in an open and transparent manner that ensures that the minority party has equal rights and privileges to engage and participate in all aspects of the process so that the american people know the true facts. republican leader kevin mccarthy recently requested that speaker pelosi suspend the impeachment inquiry until she answered questions regarding the establishment of equitable rules and procedures - something that has been done in previous impeachment inquiries. speaker pelosi has continued to operate in the dark and refused to answer leader mccarthy's line of questioning about establishing fair and transparent procedures. this process is damaging to the american people and is an afront to fundamental fairness. the speaker's actions have been carried out in an illegitimate way that violates basic fairness and lacks due process. "this week, speaker pelosi announced that she will not bring legislation to establish guidelines for this impeachment process to the house floor for a vote. 