Opinion: 'Self-impeachable' is exactly right
By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 8 at 12:18 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hit the nail on the head in an interview with The Post’s Robert Costa on Wednesday morning."The point is that every single day, whether it’s obstruction, obstruction, obstruction — obstruction of having people come to the table with facts, ignoring subpoenas ...
As Pelosi was making her observation, Trump upped the ante, issuing a bogus declaration of executive privilege over the full Mueller report in advance of the House Judiciary Committee’s vote on whether to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt. In a lengthy written statement, Chairman Jerrold Adler declared:
Besides misapplying the doctrine of executive privilege—since the White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us just yesterday—this decision represents a clear escalation in the Trump Administration’s blanket defiance of Congress’s constitutionally mandated duties.
The administration is saying you cannot indict a president and Congress cannot get the full information it needs to determine whether impeachment is advisable. Noting that Trump is also stonewalling on his tax returns, Nadler warned: “This is unprecedented. If allowed to go unchecked, this obstruction means the end of congressional oversight. As a co-equal branch of government, we should not and cannot allow this to continue.
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