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Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry
By Kate Sullivan, Nikki Carvajal and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated at 9:33 PM ET, Sat October 12, 2019
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/12/politics/trump-threatens-sue-schiff-pelosi/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President.
Trump, who has a long track record of calling for lawsuits against his critics and not following through, said, "We're going to take a look at it. We're going after these people. These are bad, bad people." The President was speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.
Trump said he spoke to his lawyers about Schiff and told them, "Sue him anyway, even if we lose, the American public will understand." Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence committee, is spearheading the impeachment inquiry.
"And sue Nancy Pelosi," Trump continued. "Or maybe we should just impeach them, because they're lying and what they're doing is a terrible thing for our country." Members of Congress cannot be impeached, according to the US Constitution.
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MFM008
(19,818 posts)Will be precious.
Go for it, asshole!
edbermac
(15,943 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,591 posts)Actually two: "discovery"
Three: "cross-complaint"
"Laughingstock"
vlyons
(10,252 posts)completely bonkers
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Involve your kiddies tooooooooo.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Fucking sad sack of a person.
RainCaster
(10,911 posts)It's all bluster and bullshit.
Cha
(297,528 posts)trump
We're Not Repubs.. We Don't Cower
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)Cha
(297,528 posts)trueblue2007
(17,237 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I would still like to know the actual number of Trump related lawsuits going on right now. Like everything else with this goon, it has to be an unprecedented number for any President.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,151 posts)I'll even join in!
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)"Members of Congress cannot be impeached, according to the US Constitution." I can't find that anywhere in my copy.
On the other hand, it does say, "The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment." Hence, Dumb Donald cannot "just impeach them".
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)that he thinks will eventually get SCOTUS to take up impeachment.
yonder
(9,669 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)They're not scared of him, they have as many lawyers as he does (actually more and their lawyers are really good and aren't two-bit hacks writing guffaw-worthy demand letters in Comic Sans), and they're not going anywhere.
Go for it, Donny.
PJMcK
(22,047 posts)Trump's lawyers' use of this font is hysterical. Their use of this kiddy font is actually appropriate since the text of their letter is laughable.
applegrove
(118,759 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:41 PM - Edit history (1)
to what he knows: sueing people.
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Also The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Trump in a phone call, according to a person familiar with his testimony.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-envoy-who-denied-quid-pro-quo-now-says-he-isnt-certain/2019/10/12/4abe0902-bc19-44e8-8c38-9aa35c544859_story.html#click=https://t.co/mGBMhlpq4p
So Trump does not want to get stuck on obstruction by his underlings either. Maybe he has given up this fight. Maybe he did not want the Supreme Court to rule on impeachment or subpeonas.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)then this should be over shortly.
applegrove
(118,759 posts)that the House will impeach.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)If he's sticking "to what he knows" this shouldn't take too long . . . . .
applegrove
(118,759 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure before they try to sue members of Congress for doing what the Constitution permits them to do. "Sue them anyway" while knowing the claim is meritless could result in sanctions, if not at least another ass-chewing.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)I'm wondering how far Trump's real lawyers are willing to stick their necks out for him. I hope that that they are at least getting their fees up front.
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)What else would a blithering idiot say?
Skittles
(153,182 posts)he actually thinks he can carry on just like he has been doing his entire "business career"
herding cats
(19,566 posts)He's so pitiful and that his 'true believers' buy this crap nauseates me.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Dumps final words to Nancy.
Ohhh! You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness! Ohhh! Look out! Look out! I'm going! Ohhhh - Ohhhhhhhhhh!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Shitty crime family is shitty.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)lawyers love it though
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,191 posts)...if hes talking about what hes told his lawyer.
That has to be a goldmine.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)Let the depositions begin!