that he will simply assume that a witness's testimony is adverse to the President when that witness or the President asserts a right or privilege.[1] These are not the hallmarks of a fair and transparent process; these are the tell-tale signs of a star chamber.
D. Although declining to submit to the Democrats' abusive and unfair process, President Trump has released information to help the American public understand the issues.
Just twenty-seven minutes after President Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, the Washington Post reported that the "campaign to impeach President Trump has begun."[2] As the Post reported:
The effort to impeach President Donald John Trump is already underway. At the moment the new commander in chief was sworn in, a campaign to build public support for his impeachment went live at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org, spearheaded by two liberal advocacy groups aiming to lay the groundwork for his eventual ejection from the White House. . . . The impeachment drive comes as Democrats and liberal activists are mounting broad opposition to stymie Trump's agenda.[3]
In 2017 and 2018, Democrats introduced four separation resolution in the House with the goal of impeaching President Trump.[4] On January 3, 2019, on the Democrats' first day in power, Rep. Al Green again introduced articles of impeachment.[5] That same day, Rep. Rashida Tlaib promised, "we're going to go in there and we're going to impeach the [expletive deleted]."[6]
In this context, it is difficult to see the Democrats' impeachment inquiry as anything other than a partisan effort to undo the results of the 2016 election. Rep. Green said on MSNBC in May 2019, "If we don't impeach this President, he will get re-elected." [7] Even as Democrats have conducted their impeachment inquiry, Speaker Pelosi has called President Trump "an impostor" and said it is "dangerous" to allow American voters to evaluate his performance in
- ↑ See Id. ("Schiff also argued that the president is seeking to block Kupperman because he is concerned about a high-level source corroborating damning testimony that Trump pressured Ukraine to open investigations of his political rivals—and condition military aid and a White House visit on bending the European ally to his will.").
- ↑ Matea Gold, The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun, Wash. Post, Jan. 20, 2017.
- ↑ Id.
- ↑ H., Res. 705, 115th Cong. (2018); H. Res. 646, 115th Cong. (2017); H. Res. 621, 115th Cong. (2017); H. Res. 438, 115th Cong. (2017).
- ↑ H. Res. 13, 116th Cong. (2019).
- ↑ Amy B. Wong, Rep. Rashida Tlaib profanely promised to impeach Trump. She's not sorry., Wash. Post, Jan. 4, 2019.
- ↑ Weekends with Alex Witt, supra note 618.
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