President Trump has declared that he and his administration will flout Congress’ impeachment inquiry.
In an eight-page letter to House leaders, signed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Trump claims he’s being victimized by an “unauthorized impeachment inquiry that conflicts with all historical precedent and rides roughshod over due process and the separation of powers.”
The letter is, legally speaking, quite mad. One Georgetown law professor describes it as a set of “totally absurd legal arguments attempting to justify what is clearly contempt of Congress.” Harvard Law professor Lawrence...
In an eight-page letter to House leaders, signed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Trump claims he’s being victimized by an “unauthorized impeachment inquiry that conflicts with all historical precedent and rides roughshod over due process and the separation of powers.”
The letter is, legally speaking, quite mad. One Georgetown law professor describes it as a set of “totally absurd legal arguments attempting to justify what is clearly contempt of Congress.” Harvard Law professor Lawrence...
- 10/8/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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