House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said President Trump "richly deserves impeachment," but stopped short of joining a growing call for House Democrats to begin a formal inquiry.

"My personal view is that (Trump) richly deserves impeachment. He has done many impeachable offenses, he's violated the laws six ways from Sunday," Nadler said on CNN's "State of the Union."

"That's not the question," Nadler said, noting his desistance to begin impeachment proceedings. "The question is can we develop enough evidence." ADVERTISEMENT

He added that he sees no "time frame" for impeachment.

The House Judiciary chairman has said in the past that former special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE had developed substantial evidence that Trump is "guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors."

He didn't stray from that position following Mueller's testimony last week before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.

Nadler said on ABC's "This Week" that Mueller's testimony "broke the lie that the and the attorney general have been saying to the American people" regarding the report exonerating Trump.

However, he has publicly stuck by Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) in her reservation to call for impeachment inquiries.

Ninety-nine congress members to date have joined the growing chorus for impeachment proceedings to begin, according to The Hill's Whip List.

