1. A “coup” inovolves an illegal seizure of governmental power. Make no mistake about it, when Trump/the executive branch refuses to allow the legislative brach to perform its constitutional duties of oversight and impeachment, when the executive branch unlawfully refuses to ...
2. produce documents sought by properly issued congressional subpoenas - documents sought from the White House, the State Department, the Office of Management and Budget, when the executive branch orders witnesses to violate and ignore lawfully issued congressional subpoenas ...
3. this is, indeed, a kind of coup. It’s the executive branch trying to overthrow the legislative branch. It’s the executive branch declaring it is not going to allow a co-equal branch of government to do what the US Constitution doesn’t just enable the legislative branch to do..
4. but REQUIRES the legislative branch to do. This is no different than an executive branch that refuses to comply with court orders or decisions by the Supreme Court declaring executive conduct unconstitutional. That would constitute the executive branch attempting to ...
5. overthrow or delegitimize the judicial branch. Make no mistake about it, my friends. This in Trump and his enablers attempting an intra-governmental coup. And it can’t be allowed to happen. We either have three coequal branches of government or we have a dictatorship.
