Posted on 10/08/2019 3:05:02 PM PDT by ransomnote
The President has done nothing wrong, and the Democrats know it. For purely political reasons, the Democrats have decided their desire to overturn the outcome of the 2016 election allows them to conduct a so-called impeachment inquiry that ignores the fundamental rights guaranteed to every American. These partisan proceedings are an affront to the Constitution—as they are being held behind closed doors and deny the President the right to call witnesses, to cross-examine witnesses, to have access to evidence, and many other basic rights.
Today, on behalf of President Donald J. Trump, Pat Cipollone, Counsel to the President, sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Chairmen Engel, Schiff, and Cummings. The letter demonstrates that the Democrats’ inquiry lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness, and even the most elementary due process protections. Democrats are pursuing purely partisan goals, including influencing the upcoming 2020 election. In the process, they are violating civil liberties and the separation of powers, threatening Executive Branch officials with punishment simply for exercising their constitutional rights and prerogatives. All of this violates the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent. For these reasons, the Executive Branch cannot be expected to, and will not participate in, this exercise of partisan political theater.
President Trump and his entire Administration will, however, keep fighting for the American people, growing the economy, building prosperity, and protecting America’s interests at home and abroad.
Your move, Schiff.
About time the president called this kangaroo court out.
Good letter, needs to be followed up with some Executive branch subpoenas to congressional staffers.
Bump
Keep you guns clean and your powder dry!
The new CW just got a bit closer to actually happening.
Mr. Trump just clearly put a shot across the Democrats bow!
It’s a good thing the Trump supporters are law abiding citizens or these domestic terrorists would visit those who crossed Hillary.
Yep, all physically served and hand delivered to each. Who would do that anyways, anyone know? The US Marshal’s office?
Thursday evening in Minneapolis is probably going to be very interesting...
Watching MSNBC spin the polls on this.
This crap is never ever going to stop, even after Trump wins reelection UNLESS indictments are made. It’s outrageous that Democrats can do this much in the past 3 years while NOTHING is done to them!! What. The. Hell. is Barr doing? Do we have another Jeff Sessions in office? Why was James Comey let off scot free? Why are Lisa Page and Strok struck Smirk still waltzing around free as two birds? Why is John Brennan still waltzing around?
It’s already being spun as White House obstruction. Media helping democrats set narrative for impeachment charge.
Are the dems following Hillary’s advice back when she worked (before being fired) on the Watergate Committee staff, that the President was not entitled to niceties like lawyers, right to cross-examine, or even to mount a defense?
“Yep, all physically served and hand delivered to each. Who would do that anyways, anyone know? The US Marshal’s office?”
I don’t know. Isn’t the FBI part of the Executive Branch?
But a Strongly-worded-letter, as much as I love it...
...ain’t gonna stop the dems.
It is a good start....
Every demand for documents, witnesses, etc. should be fought tooth and nail so that the Supreme Court has a chance to rule on this insanity.
In addition the Justice Department should immediately open an inquiry into Pelosi, Schiff etc Ukraine activities.
We need to be on offense, and not get caught playing defense.
No, not the older entrenched of course, but their staffers are millennials who think they are protected in a bubble of immunity and untouchable. Nothing like having a uniformed officer hand serve you with a subpoena to burst your fantasy immunity bubble and have reality come crashing down on you.
They will cry like a baby and spill the beans in a panic breakdown right away. There won’t be enough safe spaces available. lol
Every demand for docs should be met with 5 demands for docs from dems:
Russiagate docs
Biden’s son’s tax returns
Fisa warrants
Comey’s staff’s memos
etc etc.
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