"What just happened: The White House declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday in an eight-page letter to Democratic leaders that condemned the investigation as 'illegitimate' and 'a naked political strategy' to undo the 2016 election, portending a legal standoff with Congress that could result in a constitutional crisis. The letter (which led the prominent libertarian legal scholar Ilya Somin to wonder on Facebook whether 'the White House counsel was sick the day they taught law at law school') came shortly after the administration blocked Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, from testifying before Congress about President Trump’s efforts to pressure the president of Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden. ... The debate: How should the House respond? ..."
NY Times
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