10/10/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For a president steeped in marketing and branding, impeachment offers new terrain on which to run the Trump playbook of defining an issue, waging war and then never backing down. And the White House’s new strategy of treating impeachment primarily as a political argument puts President Donald Trump directly into his comfort zone. Trump allies are the first to admit it’s not a strategy born out of any major legal thinking. Instead, it’s a bet Trump can prevail through his own aggressive public messaging campaign and the help of the Republican-controlled Senate, which ultimately would have to vote on the president’s fate following an impeachment trial…The White House letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sent on Tuesday [10-8-19] night, said the administration will not cooperate in any way with the Democrats’ investigation. The letter argued the Democrats’ inquiry was invalid because liberals have long sought to discredit Trump since his election in 2016, and this was only the latest salvo.”

Nancy Cook, “‘What legal strategy?’: Trump relies on Trump to survive impeachment,” Politico, October 10, 2019 5:00 am