Three dramatic clashes between White House lawyers and congressional Democrats over the past 36 hours have created an atmosphere of total war
The showdown between the Trump White House and House Democrats reached a new level of hostility this week, as several investigative disputes veered toward federal court amid scathing rhetoric on both sides.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “It’s putting forth a constitutional crisis about whether the Congress can effectively perform its oversight duties,” said Morton Rosenberg, who served as legal advisor to the House General Counsel.
“Instead of working with the president to pass bipartisan legislation that would actually benefit Americans, House Democrats are singularly obsessed with finding something they can use to damage the president politically,” added the attorneys, William Consovoy and Stefan Passantino.
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