The White House has reached out to outside lawyers for impeachment counsel, according to a person familiar. One of the lawyers they reached out to is Trey Gowdy, @PamelaBrownCNN reports
Trey Gowdy once said: “The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must mean something, irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles.”
UPDATE: @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg reports that Trey Gowdy will in fact assist President Trump during the impeachment inquiry; however, his role is not formal and he will consult from outside of the White House.https://t.co/C6NNA6KgNP
PLEASE @HouseDemocrats. Take the Nixon Articles of Impeachment. All three. They're a perfect template. All of Trump's corrupt conduct can be alleged w/in a nearly identical framework. Publish them and continue to gather and present evidence in the framework of the Articles. https://t.co/cJwcnGPcZE
Article III of Nixon impeachment addressed a president “substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry..assuming to himself functions and judgments” that are solely within the constitutional power of the House.
