They got so banged up by one fact witness and his record of texts that they have to escalate and abandon their bluff on the vote, is one interpretation of this news.
The vigorous exchange of letters and the House counsel’s name being Letter has confused me more than once today.
Here is the White House Counsel’s letter to Speaker Pelosi: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
It’s accompanied by a highly tendentious statement from the WH press secretary. 
Frontrunners for the chutzpah award in this letter:
- Demanding POTUS be allowed to call witnesses and cross-examine in House impeachment hearings (w/ ZERO precedent, when there’s a trial in the senate for that)
- This description of a call even Tucker Carlson can’t defend
- Demanding POTUS be allowed to call witnesses and cross-examine in House impeachment hearings (w/ ZERO precedent, when there’s a trial in the senate for that)
- This description of a call even Tucker Carlson can’t defend
