Critics question motive and sobriety of White House letter ripping impeachment inquiry as illegitima [View all]
Source: AP via Marketwatch
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Constitution gives the House “the sole power of impeachment” — but it confers that authority without an instruction manual.
Now comes the battle over exactly what it means.
In vowing to halt all cooperation with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, the White House on Tuesday labeled the investigation “illegitimate” based on its own reading of the Constitution’s vague language.
In an eight-page letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone pointed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s failure to call for an official vote to proceed with the inquiry as grounds to claim the process a farce.
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The White House document lacked much in the way of legal arguments, seemingly citing cable TV news appearances as often as case law. And legal experts cast doubt upon its effectiveness.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/critics-question-motives-and-sobriety-of-white-house-letter-ripping-impeachment-inquiry-as-illegitimate-2019-10-09?mod=mw_latestnews
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