Democrats are charging ahead with their impeachment inquiry despite a White House vow not to cooperate in the investigation, all but daring President Trump to stonewall the probe and add fuel to allegations that obstruction itself is an impeachable offense.
The White House escalated the standoff between Democrats and the president on Tuesday in a letter disregarding the impeachment probe as illegitimate and warning it won’t respond to congressional requests for information.
Yet Democrats on Wednesday said they expected nothing less from an administration that for months has largely refused to cooperate in the House Judiciary Committee’s examination of Trump’s role in Russian election meddling.
View the complete October 9 article by Mike Lillis on The Hill website here.