Posted on 09/27/2019 11:38:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — White House officials were scrambling Thursday to figure out how to counter the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, with one source familiar with the situation describing a sense of “total panic” over the past week at the lack of a plan to address the new reality.
There appears to be rising “anxiety, unease, and concern” — as one person close to the White House described the mood in the West Wing — that the whistleblower’s allegations could seriously wound the president and some of those around him. “There’s not a lot of confidence that there’s no there there,” this person said.
White House officials remained unsure of how to proceed, not only because there is no apparent plan to deal with the situation, but because the allegations are so serious that the usual methods the president has used to successfully escape past controversies may not apply: “This doesn’t look like something that’s going to be overtaken by the next news cycle,” the person said.
The White House currently lacks a lawyer experienced in impeachment, now that Emmet Flood, who worked on the Clinton impeachment and guided the White House through the end of the Mueller investigation, has left. The current White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, lacks that type of experience.
One source familiar with the White House strategy said that overall, officials were nowhere near the point of bringing people on board or setting up war rooms — but acknowledge they need a coordinated, all hands-on-deck response effort and someone who can lead a political fight, the person said.
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They wish
I hate them in a way that would be inappropriate to express.
There is no formal impeachment inquiry as it has not been voted on yet.
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4 authors? This only reaffirms that more authors = more bull$hit
Oh. NBC. Dreamers with fake news.
“I hate them in a way that would be inappropriate to express.”
Same here.
Nothing but a bunch of fat ass hateful feminists.
Yup! All over now! Bags being packed as we speak! Done deal! NOT!
More fake news.
Sad.
5.56mm
I think this story is wishful thinking. I do believe POTUS will unleash a lot of skeletons in the closet on these people.
Completely contradicting your entire "total panic" contention a couple of short paragraphs in.
Are we supposed to believe NBC and the rest of the Rat media?I think not.If anyone is doing the worrying it’s the rats.
Pettypiece...
Must...not...respond...
More fake news.
If the President is really on the ropes, why are the Democrats taking a two week long vacation, starting today?
The Democrats and their captive media should put up or shut up,
Is it journalism if Democrat thieves cover up for other Democrat thieves?
Not buying it for a moment.
Good God, these people are full of more crap than a Christmas goose.
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