Thread by @sfpelosi

You know what’s sober? The evidence against Trump - and the judge ruling that upholds Dem subpoena for Trump financial records politi.co/2JPw8ou via @politico

It’s “simply not fathomable that a Constitution that grants Congress the power to remove a president for reasons including criminal behavior would deny Congress the power to investigate him for unlawful conduct past or present even without formally opening an impeachment inquiry”

The sobriety of THAT ruling in favor of Speaker Pelosi and the US House of Representatives having the Constitutional right to Trump’s financial records WITH OR WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT is what has 45 shook. He can’t delay by waiting for impeachment — the evidence is coming regardless.

READ Judge Mehta’s entire ruling — including this part:

“Surely, incident to Congress’s authority to consent to the president’s receipt of emoluments is the power to investigate the president’s compliance with the Clause”

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6019…

After that devastating judicial blow to his flimsy legal arguments, 45 lashed out and projected his own instability.

But the American people are not fooled — and @facebook and @Twitter should stop enabling DJT’s defamatory deflection for their profit. #FollowTheFacts

🗣 Economists: how much money did @facebook and @twitter make off the defamatory doctored video?

Of course ANY amount is one penny too many — but I’m curious about💰estimates for

1 platforms who shared the sleaze

2 perps who got people to click or share

Thanks✌🏽