Trump To Congress: I'll Obstruct You All The Way

The Chosen One, he of "unmatched wisdom," has declared to Congress "I am above the law:"

The White House on Tuesday said it would not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump, arguing that the probe “violates the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent” in an escalating standoff with an unbowed Congress.

In a scathing eight-page letter, the White House said the inquiry into the Ukraine scandal was without merit, complained that the president has been denied his due process rights and argued that Democrats were intent on overturning the results of the 2016 election and influencing the 2020 contest.

“To fulfill his duties to the American people, the Constitution, the executive branch, and all future occupants of the Office of the presidency, President Trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances,” White House counsel Pat A. Cipollone wrote to top congressional Democrats.

That's some powerful, though risible, gaslighting going on there.  It seems to us it's the old "I'm rubber, you're glue..." argument that The Chosen One and his lickspittle Republican enablers use quite frequently.  Maybe we're missing something?

The White House letter, which lacked substantive legal arguments and echoed Trump’s political broadsides...

Oh, guess not.

We yield to our panel of experts to discuss the matter--

It’s hard to count the number of ways that this letter is, constitutionally and legally, garbage. https://t.co/OIrf1awCHX

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 8, 2019

Yes! Utter and total garbage. Rotten, smelly BS-filled garbage. @gtconway3d is being restrained. https://t.co/IJMmhX3pnM

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 8, 2019

It’s as though the White House is unfamiliar with the difference between impeachment in the House and trial in the Senate. It’s also as though the White House is unfamiliar with the Constitution generally.

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 8, 2019

WATCH: @Neal_Katyal on the White House letter claiming impeachment is “illegitimate:”

“I think this 8-page memo can only be described as, ‘Please impeachment me because I got nothing else going on.’” #inners pic.twitter.com/Z3PTPZF4EF

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) October 9, 2019

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