BREAKING: White House sends blistering letter to Pelosi with decision on impeachment inquiry
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The White House on Tuesday wrote to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and three Democratic committee leaders to say it would not cooperate with the House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump, framing the investigation as an effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election.”
White House counsel Pat Cipollone accused House Democrats in an eight-page letter of making “legally unsupported demands” of the executive branch and accused them of violating the Constitution and past precedent in opening the impeachment inquiry into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
The article goes on to state the following:
“Given that your inquiry lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness, or even the most elementary due process protections, the Executive Branch cannot be expected to participate in it,” Cipollone wrote. “Because participating in this inquiry under the current unconstitutional posture would inflict lasting institutional harm on the Executive Branch and lasting damage to the separation of powers, you have left the President no choice.”
He continued, “Consistent with the duties of the President of the United States, and in particular his obligation to preserve the rights of future occupants of his office, President Trump cannot permit his Administration to participate in this partisan inquiry under these circumstances.”
In the letter to Pelosi, WH Counsel Pat Cipollone serves notice that “the President cannot allow your constitutionally illegitimate proceedings to distract him,” and his Executive Branch. “The President has a country to lead.” Urges House to “abandon” its impeachment inquiry. pic.twitter.com/Av7Q1bJbVU
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 8, 2019
.@SpeakerPelosi‘s office confirms she’s received letter from WH outlining why the administration won’t be cooperating with impeachment inquiry. Below is the link to the 8-pg letter from WH Counsel Pat Cipollone. https://t.co/23V5TSeHBl
— Ramsey Touchberry (@ramsberry1) October 8, 2019
In a letter to House leaders, White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote that the impeachment inquiry “violates the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent.” https://t.co/t9GbWTvOOl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2019
The White House announced it will not be cooperating with @SpeakerPelosi‘s impeachment inquiry.
“You have designed and implemented your inquiry in a manner that violates fundamental fairness,” Pat Cipollone wrote. https://t.co/5wz8GOigkL
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 8, 2019
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