America's tyrant toddler won't cooperate

The White House fired off a blistering letter to House Democrats on Tuesday, informing them that the administration won’t participate at all in the increasingly aggressive impeachment inquiry because it considers the probe an “invalid” attempt to “overturn” President Trump’s election.

  Daily News

Also called another article of impeachment, right?

The missive laid bare the administration’s bristling anger at the Democratic probe into whether Trump should be removed from office and sets the stage for a heated battle between the executive and legislative branches. The letter was delivered to Congress hours after Trump ordered his ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, to ditch a planned deposition in the House impeachment inquiry, marking the first shot in the new White House stall tactic.

Ripping the inquiry as “unconstitutional,” Cipollone repeatedly used scare quotes around the word “inquiry" and questioned whether the impeachment investigation is even legitimate since Pelosi hasn’t held a full floor vote to initiate it.

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While previous impeachment investigations have been preceded by the type of vote Cipollone referenced, neither House rules nor the constitution mandate that one be taken before impeachment proceedings can begin.

I'm not so sure any more.



You can read Cipollone's letter here.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:







Dems are useless.  There is every indication that no one will show.  The oddity is when someone DOES show - like Volker.

UPDATE 10/26: Judge Beryl Howell has ruled that DOJ must turn over Grand Jury materials to the House investigators, including this:

And Howell took particular issue with a sharply worded letter sent by White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Oct. 8 to House Democrats declaring their intent to block any cooperation by White House officials with the ongoing impeachment inquiry.

Though the Justice Department has claimed that the House has failed to exhaust all avenues to obtain the information it is seeking, Howell cited Cipollone's letter as proof that any other means would be fruitless.

“These arguments smack of farce. The reality is that DOJ and the White House have been openly stonewalling the House’s efforts to get information by subpoena and by agreement, and the White House has flatly stated that the Administration will not cooperate with congressional requests for information," Howell argued. "The White House’s stated policy of non-cooperation with the impeachment inquiry weighs heavily in favor of disclosure.”