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70 Letter from Pat A. Cipollone, Counsel to the President, The White House, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Adam B. Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Oct. 8, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PAC-Letter- 10.08.2019.pdf).
71 Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Factbase Videos (Oct. 10, 2019) (online at www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=742&v=_y8Al_mGwmc&feature=emb_logo).
72 Gregg Nunziata, a former legal counsel and senior policy advisor to Senator Marco Rubio, stated: “This letter is bananas. A barely-lawyered temper tantrum.” Gregg Nunziata, Twitter (Oct. 8, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/greggnunziata/status/1181685021926662144). Jonathan Turley, a law professor who has represented House Republicans, stated: “A President cannot simply pick up his marbles and leave the game because he does not like the other players. A refusal to cooperate with a constitutionally mandated process can itself be an abuse of power.” White House Issues Defiant Letter Refusing to Cooperate in Impeachment Proceedings, Res Ipsa Loquitur (Oct. 9, 2019) (online at https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/09/white-house-issues-defiant-letter-refusing- to-cooperate-in-impeachment-proceedings/). Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, stated, “It’s one of the worst letters I’ve seen from the White House counsel’s office.” George Conway, a prominent conservative attorney, called Mr. Cipollone’s letter “a disgrace to the country, a disgrace to the presidency, and a disgrace to the legal profession.” He accused the White House of “clearly engaging in obstructionist tactics.” Diagnosing Trump (with George Conway), Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara (Oct. 9, 2019) (online at https://cafe.com/stay-tuned-transcript-diagnosing-trump-with-george-conway/). Mr. Conway also stated: “I cannot fathom how any self-respecting member of the bar could affix his name to this letter. It’s pure hackery, and it disgraces the profession.” George T. Conway, III, Twitter (Oct. 8, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1181685229687394307).
73 Letter from Pat A. Cipollone, Counsel to the President, The White House, to Acting Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Adam B. Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Eliot L. Engel, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Oct. 18, 2019).
74 Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, Exclusion of Agency Counsel from Congressional Depositions in the Impeachment Context (Nov. 1, 2019) (online at www.justice.gov/olc/file/1214996/download).
75 Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview (1974) (quoting President James K. Polk) (online at www.justice.gov/olc/page/file/980036/download).
76 Position of the Executive Department Regarding Investigative Reports, 40 Op. Atty Gen. 45 (1941).
77 Letter from Pat A. Cipollone, Counsel to the President, The White House, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Adam B. Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Oct. 8, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PAC-Letter- 10.08.2019.pdf).
78 See, e.g., The White House, Remarks by President Trump and President Salih of Iraq Before Bilateral Meeting (Sept. 24, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president- salih-iraq-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny/) (“The phone call was perfect.”); The White House, Remarks by President Trump Upon Arriving at the U.N. General Assembly (Sept. 24, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/briefings- statements/remarks-president-trump-upon-arriving-u-n-general-assembly-new-york-ny/) (“That call was perfect.”); Donald J. Trump, Twitter
79 Letter from Pat A. Cipollone, Counsel to the President, The White House, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Adam B. Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Oct. 8, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PAC-Letter- 10.08.2019.pdf).
(Nov. 11, 2019) (online at
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1193615188311912449) (“The call to the Ukrainian President was
PERFECT.”).
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