Thursday, April 25, 2019

The cost of taking impeachment off the table

The bottom line is that Congressional subpoenas are hard to enforce and this White House has no reason not to ignore them as long as the Congressional leadership rules out impeachment.

As I pointed out yesterday, ignoring a Congressional subpoena was a grounds for impeachment during the Nixon era. We have a clear precedent. If Congress won't use its check, there can be no balance.