The Daily Beast succinctly laid out Donald Trump’s autocratic imperial presidency position in court, Trump’s Shameless Plan to Disqualify Every Impeachment Witness: Donald Trump asserts that testimony by witnesses who learned about his scheme to shake down Ukraine from other presidential advisers should be disregarded as “hearsay.” Trump also asserts that John Bolton and other … Read more
If you need any further evidence that the Republican Party is now a personality cult in thrall to a dangerous demagogue, Donald Trump, today’s House vote to formalize the rules for the next public phase of the impeachment inquiry should erase any remaining doubt. During the Watergate scandal the House did not approve the rules … Read more
Above Photo: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., at podium, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center outside the Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, deposition related to the House’s impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Remember the Brooks Brother Riot to disrupt election canvassers in Miami-Dade … Read more
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote yet another ridiculous letter to congressional leaders yesterday, effectively making the case that the president considers the ongoing impeachment proceedings “unconstitutional” and “illegitimate,” and has therefore decided to stonewall lawmakers’ efforts to hold him accountable. This ridiculous letter is without any legal basis or precedent, and is actually intended … Read more
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: the position the Trump “Injustice” Department is arguing in the federal courts, that the president cannot be indicted or even investigated for crimes by the Justice Department or the Congress — that the president is absolutely immune from being held accountable at law while president — only applies to … Read more