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Things are getting worse. The relationship between the Trump White House and House Democrats has reached a new level of hostility this week. On Monday, April 22, 2019, Trump sued the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee to block a subpoena for his financial record. On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, after the White House instructed a Trump official (who oversaw security clearances) not to cooperate with the Congress, House Democrats threatened to hold the Trump official in contempt. Later on Tuesday, the Trump administration refused to turn over six years’ worth of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns by the 5 p.m. deadline, instead requesting more time to consult with the Justice Department. Trump also said he is opposed to his former and current aides, most notably former White House Counsel Don McGahn, testifying on Capitol Hill.

A member of the House Oversight panel, Rep. Jamie Raskin, said in an interview, “It’s a pretty extraordinary and outlandish situation right now. It’s like a curtain has fallen down over the White House.”

Since Democrats took over the House, there had been 6 refusals from the Trump administration to appear before the House Committees, 30 refusals to respond or stalls on document request, declining to send witnesses to testify, and now the White House simply refused to even give over documents. The White House will also try to block McGahn, a star witness for House Democrats, from testifying by asserting executive privilege, according to two people familiar with the plans. Trump indicated that he had no intention to comply with House Democrats. Trump said, “There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan, obviously very partisan.”

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler subpoenaed Don McGahn to appear before the panel May 21, 2019, as part of its obstruction of justice investigation into Trump.

Morton Rosenberg, legal adviser to the House general counsel, said, “It’s putting forth a constitutional crisis about whether the Congress can effectively perform its oversight duties.”

Washington Post’s Ashley Parker, NYT’s Michael Schmidt, former Congressman David Jolly (once a Republican but now Independent), former Bush aide Elise Jordan, and MSNBC contributor Rick Stengel on the president lashing out as the fallout over Mueller’s report continues, including the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaing former White House counsel Don McGahn, in the video “What A  White House Under Siege Looks Like, Deadline, MSNSBC“, below:

David Jolly said, “…Pelosi and House Democrats shouldn’t fight on Donald Trump’s playing field. They have let him frame the narrative from the very beginning on this. I think Nancy Pelosi needs to be more aggressive. I think there is already impeachment material in the Mueller report. I think people are looking for finality when Donald Trump said “people don’t want any more investigation.” I think Nancy Pelosi should listen because you’re not going to find much more fact post-Mueller report. Congress is not going to find more fact. What they have the capability of creating is that damning moment but  it really needs to be tight and brief. Ask Don McGahn “Did Donald Trump ask you to fire Bob Mueller? Did he instruct staff to have you write a memo saying “that never happened.”  That’s all  you need. And go to a vote on impeachment based on that one moment.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn’t taking impeachment off the table in response to the Mueller report, but she’s urging fellow Democrats to use caution. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and CBS News Capitol Hill producer Rebecca Kaplan join CBSN’s Errol Barnett to discuss Pelosi’s conference call Monday with Democrats, in the video “Pelosi doesn’t take impeachment off the table, but urges Democrats to be cautious” below:

Back in March of 2019,  CNN’s Erin Burnett questions why President Donald Trump said he would cooperate with House Democrats while the White House refuses to share documents concerning security clearance records, in the video “Erin Burnett: Trump’s refusal flies in the face of his words“, below:

The Mueller report included substantial evidence that Trump committed the crime of obstruction. Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, who warned earlier in 2019 that impeachment proceedings ahead of the 2020 election would be “pointless” and tells MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber that the conduct evidenced in Mueller’s report, is “impeachable if anything is”, in the video “Harvard Impeachment Expert: Trump Impeachable For Mueller Report, The Beat With Ari Melber“, below:

Two years ago, conservative author and blogger Andrew Sullivan says U.S. President Donald Trump is “fundamentally unfit to run the United States” and he hopes Trump’s election will become a cautionary tale, in the video “Donald Trump is ‘unfit to run the United States’: Andrew Sullivan“, below:

In a new Washington Post interview, the president said he is opposed to current and former WH aides providing testimony to congressional panels following the Mueller report. The panel discusses, in the video “Are We Headed For A Constitutional Showdown? Morning Joe, MSNBC“, below:

Regardless whether there will be impeachment, House Democrats will be gathering important documents and witness testimonies. The approval rating for Trump is dramatically decreased. Despite both Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats previously presented no interest in impeaching Donald Trump,  if the White House continues to show such total disregard toward Congress, it appears as though Trump is inviting to be impeached.   If no consequence is addressed, things will only get worse and Democrats will appear not to be aggressive enough.

Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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