(Louis Cornelius, Holder USA) The White House found itself inadvertently bolstering the claims the impeachments led Nancy Pelosi against former President Donald Trump skipped legal proceedings, as revealed in a recent exchange about the current impeachment inquiry into the president Joe Biden.
White House special counsel Dick Sauber raised eyebrows when he sent a letter to the chairman of the White House Oversight Committee James ComerR-Ky., and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. In the letter, Sauber accused the past impeachment proceedings of being illegal due to the absence of a vote in the Chamber.
“Indeed, both of you have previously supported the position that moving forward with an impeachment inquiry without a House vote ‘represents an abuse of power and brings disrepute to the House of Representatives,'” Sauber’s letter stated, according to a media report.
Sauber also referenced a 2019 resolution condemning Pelosi’s initiation of an impeachment inquiry against Trump over a call with the Ukrainian president. Volodymyr Zelenskyywhich indicates the lack of House authorization for the process.
The recent standoff comes as Biden faces an impeachment inquiry, allegedly involving bribe, political corruption and influence peddling. The arguments of Biden’s legal team inadvertently echo the objections raised by republicans during the Pelosi-led impeachments against Trump.
During the 2019 impeachment proceedings, then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone challenged the legitimacy of the investigation.
“In our nation’s history, the House of Representatives has never attempted to initiate an impeachment inquiry against the president without a majority of the House taking political responsibility for that decision by voting to authorize such a dramatic constitutional step,” he said. Cipollone. said on October 9.
House Republicans have consistently pointed out precedent established by Pelosi’s unilateral decision to initiate Trump’s impeachments as sufficient justification for her ongoing impeachment against the scandal-ridden Biden.
“Nancy Pelosi changed the precedent of this House on September 24. … Why should today be any different?” Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in September, when the impeachment of Biden was just launched.
Pelosi had defended her unilateral decision to begin impeachment of Trump by affirming the convening of six investigative committees to find evidence. However, Pelosi never took a vote to begin impeachment against Trump. Instead, the vote took place after the the probe was launched.
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