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BumRushDaShow

(129,054 posts)
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:25 PM Oct 2019

READ: White House letter to Pelosi rejecting cooperation in impeachment inquiry

Source: The Hill

The White House on Tuesday sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats saying it would not cooperate with their impeachment inquiry into President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.

Accusing Pelosi and her colleagues of "seeking to overturn the results of the 2016 election," White House counsel Pat Cipollone in his letter said Trump and members of his administration "cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances," but stopped short of calling for the House to hold a vote on impeachment.

Read the letter from Cipollone here.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464908-read-white-house-letter-to-pelosi-rejecting-cooperation-in



MSNBC is discussing. I don't like The Hill but other sources have this jumbled in with their other running "summaries" of the happenings today.

The letter is here - https://www.scribd.com/document/429357573/White-House-Letter-to-Speaker-Pelosi-Et-Al-10-08-2019#from_embed
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READ: White House letter to Pelosi rejecting cooperation in impeachment inquiry (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 OP
Ha ha ha--"unconstitutional inquiry" Grokenstein Oct 2019 #1
The Constitution King Donald Version was written by Republican Jesus William Seger Oct 2019 #8
FUCK THEM!!! FirstLight Oct 2019 #2
just noise, an attempt to run the clock out but our House leader knows that & will continue going yaesu Oct 2019 #3
U Know What Motherf***er? Your BITCH ASS BEING IMPEACHED by the House? mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #4
An attorney wrote that? mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #5
All the commentary on that letter so far this evening BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #7
+1 dalton99a Oct 2019 #14
Donald just fucked his entire party now because if they seek to hinder the investigation in cstanleytech Oct 2019 #6
Constitutional crisis still_one Oct 2019 #9
Here we go folks. Hang on. Oh and F'all of them. Evolve Dammit Oct 2019 #10
Gee, why didn't the Nixon White House think of that?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #11
Good grief uppityperson Oct 2019 #12
Going to guess Dump... Xolodno Oct 2019 #13
Compare and Contrast Grokenstein Oct 2019 #15
What a pantsload that letter is. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2019 #16
The Speaker's reply DeminPennswoods Oct 2019 #17
This letter itself is grounds for impeachment. pecosbob Oct 2019 #18
Yup. Obstruction of Congress. nt BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #19

Grokenstein

(5,723 posts)
1. Ha ha ha--"unconstitutional inquiry"
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:30 PM
Oct 2019

Right down there with "in my great and unmatched wisdom" for Unhinged Blurt of the Week.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
2. FUCK THEM!!!
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:30 PM
Oct 2019

That's IT bring out the BIG fucking GU*NS and Impeach solely on THIS! = OBSTRUCTION!


gahhhhh! motherfucker!

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
3. just noise, an attempt to run the clock out but our House leader knows that & will continue going
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:31 PM
Oct 2019

after the orange turd. By the way, there is no constitution requirement for the house to vote on whether there should be an impeachment inquiry, its just tRump BS.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. U Know What Motherf***er? Your BITCH ASS BEING IMPEACHED by the House?
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:38 PM
Oct 2019

That act is the closest fucking thing to 'Constitutional' we've seen since you were sworn in!

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
5. An attorney wrote that?
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:40 PM
Oct 2019

{edited to add:}

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

It’s hard to count the number of ways that this letter is, constitutionally and legally, garbage.


BumRushDaShow

(129,054 posts)
7. All the commentary on that letter so far this evening
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:54 PM
Oct 2019

has basically dubbed it "a non-legal document" and even Schmuck Toad called it 9 pages of "talking points".

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)
6. Donald just fucked his entire party now because if they seek to hinder the investigation in
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:51 PM
Oct 2019

the House or Senate our guys can roast them over the coals during the next election.
Before this letter the Repugnants like Mitch could have maybe justified opposing the investigation and could have done so with a straight face but now he just said they themselves do not have the right to investigate actions by the President.

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
13. Going to guess Dump...
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 07:08 PM
Oct 2019

...dictated the letter and asked some lawyer to add "legalese" to make it sound legit.

Grokenstein

(5,723 posts)
15. Compare and Contrast
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:46 PM
Oct 2019

Republicans: "WE WANT TO SUBJECT YOU TO AN INQUISITION"
Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Okay. Come at me."

Democrats: "We'd like to talk to you about Don--"
Republicans: "NO, NEVER, NEIN NEIN NEIN!!"

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
17. The Speaker's reply
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:02 AM
Oct 2019

Link: https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/10819-0

“For a while, the President has tried to normalize lawlessness. Now, he is trying to make lawlessness a virtue. The American people have already heard the President’s own words – ‘do us a favor, though.’ The President’s actions threaten our national security, violate our Constitution and undermine the integrity of our elections. The White House letter is only the latest attempt to cover up his betrayal of our democracy, and to insist that the President is above the law.

“This letter is manifestly wrong, and is simply another unlawful attempt to hide the facts of the Trump Administration’s brazen efforts to pressure foreign powers to intervene in the 2020 elections. Despite the White House’s stonewalling, we see a growing body of evidence that shows that President Trump abused his office and violated his oath to ‘protect, preserve and defend the Constitution.’

“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.

“Mr. President, you are not above the law. You will be held accountable.”
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