Scoop: Trump letter dares Pelosi to hold vote on impeachment inquiry

[highplainsdem]

Source: Axios

The White House is planning to send Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter as soon as Friday arguing that President Trump and his team can ignore lawmakers' demands until she holds a full House vote formally approving an impeachment inquiry, 2 sources familiar with the letter tell Axios.

Why it matters: By putting in writing the case that Trump and his supporters have been making verbally for days, the White House is preparing for a court fight and arguing to the public that its resistance to Congress' requests is justified.

Trump wants to force House Democrats in vulnerable races to be on the record if they favor pursuing impeachment, these sources tell us.

Republicans also say the minority party can exert more influence over hearings and other aspects of an inquiry once it is formalized with a vote.

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Read more: https://www.axios.com/white-house-nancy-pelosi-impeachment-vote-86e42e90-8405-4421-911e-a06a29382f56.html

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Axios also reports that the letter hasn't been finalized or signed as of this evening. Several WH lawyers have been working on the language of the letter, since they expect this to end up in court.

[cstanleytech]

1. Since when do the courts have a say in telling Congress how it can do an impeachment inquiry?

[dchill]

4. Bingo.

[Botany]

6. Trump has a a tenuous grasp reality.

n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The executive branch does not set the rules of the legislative branch

I can't see this going anywhere.

[dweller]

3. will RudyColludy be in on writing this ?

one can hope ...

✌🏼

[Control-Z]

11. "RudyColludy"

I like it!

[dweller]

12. that was coined here a few days back

i like it too

✌🏼

[groundloop]

5. I have no doubt the letter to Speaker Pelosi will be nothing short of PERFECT

tRump does nothing that's not PERFECT. His phone calls to foreign leaders are PERFECT, his health is PERFECT, hell, even his bowel movements are PERFECT.

[YOHABLO]

14. That was something bothering me as well. A ''perfect" phone call?

What the hell does that even mean?

[SergeStorms]

15. Only in Trump's dementia addled mind...

does that make sense. No one, not even Trump, knows what color the sky is in his world. I imagine it's gold since everything he owns and covets seems to be of that color.

[Skidmore]

16. It means that his public script was perfect

and he also met his private intimidation goals. There is much more to this phone call than we know and the other call and meeting notes he has stashed in that safe. That safe needs to be pried open.

[EveHammond13]

7. they don't need anything from him. Swalwell said tonight they already have enough.

[EveHammond13]

8. ultimately I bet trump will be begging to submit materials on his own behalf

and Pelosi will tell him to fuck off

[gab13by13]

9. Trump's going to ignore their demands

whether they take a vote or not.

[Shrike47]

10. The argument the righties are making is that no subpoenas are valid absent the vote.

They believe they can ignore any subpoenas at this point. Anything to slow it down and keep the public in ignorance of what they’ve been up to.

Treason weasels.

[Marie Marie]

13. He wants this vote FAST - before all the dirt comes out and

more Republicans jump ship. Right now, he knows he has the Senate but as this unravels, he may end up losing some support.

[machoneman]

21. Yes, a fast vote now on a very limited # offenses before the list becomes 3 pages long!

But even after the vote, they will stonewall every doc request and await a SC decision, maybe by say November 15, 2020?

[SKKY]

17. Please, please, please Speaker Pelosi. Let me write your rebuttal!! Please!??

Por favor pretty please!!??:

[Tom Rinaldo]

18. All of our Dems will have to go on public record with an actual impeachment vote soon

This winter for sure. At this point I don't see any "political" reason why the full House can't go on record calling for an impeachment inquiry now. The compelling reasons for at least investigating have only become more compelling over the last few days. It no longer is such a long limb for any Democrat to climb out onto to vote for an investigation. The final vote will be looming either way.

[Bayard]

19. Once again,

Its not up to you, Jabba the Slut.

[getagrip_already]

20. It's aimed at the courts......

There are multiple battles in the courts to force the wh to turn over docs, like trumps taxes, phone transcripts, emails, grand jury testimony, etc.

Te wh is claiming they don't have to comply because the congress doesn't have a right to it. bs of course, but that is there argument.

The bs about giving republicans more control over impeachment inquiries is bs also. That's what they just tried with the letter to pelosi. Didn't work then, won't work later.