Trump writes to Pelosi, urges her to stop impeachment vote
US President Donald Trump has written a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, threatening to end the impeachment proceedings on the eve of the final vote in the lower chamber of US Congress.
Trump on Tuesday accused Democrats in control of the House of an “unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power” in his first personal correspondence with Pelosi on impeachment.
“It is time for you and the highly partisan Democrats in Congress to immediately cease this impeachment fantasy and get back to work for the American People. While I have no expectation that you will do so, I write this letter to you for the purpose of history and to put my thoughts on a permanent and indelible record,” wrote the president in the six-page letter.
Trump called the effort a “coup,” repeating points he has already brought up on Twitter.
“This is nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting both. You are not just after me, as President, you are after the entire Republican Party,” Trump said. “History will judge you harshly as you proceed with this impeachment charade.”
The president also accused the Democrats of subverting democracy in the United States.
“You are the ones interfering in America’s election. You are the ones subverting America’s Democracy. You are the ones Obstructing Justice,” Trump wrote. “You are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our Republic for your own selfish personal, political, and partisan gain.”
Trump further suggested that the move would make Democrats lose the 2020 presidential election.
“I have no doubt the American people will hold you and the Democrats fully responsible in the upcoming 2020 election. They will not soon forgive your perversion of justice and abuse of power,” he said.
Trump is facing impeachment over pressuring Ukraine to find dirt on his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
“You are turning a policy disagreement between two branches of government into an impeachable offense — it is no more legitimate than the Executive Branch charging members of Congress with crimes for the lawful exercise of legislative power,” wrote the Republican president.
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