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Trump is refusing to cooperate.
The White House will not participate in Congress' ongoing impeachment inquiry, it said Tuesday, stepping up a political and legal standoff between the executive and legislative branches of government.
In a blistering eight-page letter to Democratic congressional leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, White House counsel Pat Cipollone repeatedly mocked the Democrats' process.
It "lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation" and is simply an effort to "nullify the outcome of the democratic process" by reversing the outcome of the 2016 election and influence the upcoming 2020 election, he wrote.
Moreover, Cipollone argued that because there has been no formal vote to begin an impeachment inquiry, there is no official process underway and accordingly the administration is not required to comply.
In a fiery response, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the letter "manifestly wrong."
"The White House should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the President's abuse of power from the American people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction," she said in a statement Tuesday night.
The White House will not participate in Congress' ongoing impeachment inquiry, it said Tuesday, stepping up a political and legal standoff between the executive and legislative branches of government.
In a blistering eight-page letter to Democratic congressional leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, White House counsel Pat Cipollone repeatedly mocked the Democrats' process.
It "lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation" and is simply an effort to "nullify the outcome of the democratic process" by reversing the outcome of the 2016 election and influence the upcoming 2020 election, he wrote.
Moreover, Cipollone argued that because there has been no formal vote to begin an impeachment inquiry, there is no official process underway and accordingly the administration is not required to comply.
In a fiery response, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the letter "manifestly wrong."
"The White House should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the President's abuse of power from the American people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction," she said in a statement Tuesday night.
But if he won’t comply with impeachment how can you impeach him?
But his not complying with it, so he can't be impeached. It's a catch 22.Not complying is an impeachable offense. See how that worked out for Nixon.
It's all being done by the moderate Dems to guarantee Trump's re-election in 2020 and stave off the likes of grandpa Biden and commie Warren.It's all for show anyways - Dems don't even have the votes to impeach in the House, never mind the Senate. That's why Pelosi hasn't even brought this up for a vote.
It's all being done by the moderate Dems to guarantee Trump's re-election in 2020 and stave off the likes of grandpa Biden and commie Warren.
This is confusing, first y'all saying that his all about making the rich get richer and now his a commie? Those are kind of opposite ends of the spectrum...Trump is a bigger commie than anyone, loves commie dictators, gives away billions in subsidies, make work military schemes etc.
But I thought communism is good and "pro consumer" and there shouldn't be billionaires.He clearly is everything so long as it's bad. Communist Ultra-Right Conservative 9th wave interdimensional Transmisogynist Feminist
It's all for show anyways - Dems don't even have the votes to impeach in the House, never mind the Senate. That's why Pelosi hasn't even brought this up for a vote.
President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office.
Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request.
Tillerson immediately repeated his objections to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly in a hallway conversation just outside the Oval Office, emphasizing that the request would be illegal. Neither episode has been previously reported, and all of the people spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversations.