Thread: #Trump legal team arguments for creating the constitutional crisis of complete #obstruction turns on 3 arguments that are all merit less:
#TrumpOnstruction arg 1.: The House must vote to have #impeachmentknquiry. Nope. Constitution doesn’t require it & neither do House rules. Judiciary must vote articles out & then send to full House. They’re working on it.
#TrumpObstruction arg 2: His #dueprocess rights are being violated. Nope. You don’t have a right to all the evidence before your charges & preparing for trial. And #Whistleblower protection is necessary given enormous power of #POTUS. But Trump knows the allegations. We all do.
#TrumpObstruction arg 3: This is an unconstitutional effort to overturn the election. Nope. There are no articles of impeachment so to prevent them, if no wrongdoing, means cooperation. #GOP controls the Senate. So can’t argue the deck is stacked. A conviction means #Pence.
