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Trump’s Defenses Against the Impeachment Inquiry Are Suddenly Crumbling

4 min readOct 15, 2019

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TThe cage match between Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress is getting bloodier by the day — and as public opinion shifts in their favor, it’s starting to look more like Democrats might actually have a shot at finally landing some blows.

For months, the administration has simply refused to cooperate with congressional inquiries, and Congress has been adding to the list of subpoenaed documents and high-profile players by the day.

Things got particularly testy last week when Rep. Rashida Tlaib told reporters that House Democrats were discussing whether they could detain people who refused to cooperate with Congressional subpoenas related to Trump’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The president was unsurprisingly irate over the suggestion, calling the Michigan congresswoman a “despicable human being” on Twitter.

Yet something appears to have changed recently. Yes, members of the president’s closest circles are refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas, such as Vice President Pence, three cabinet secretaries, and Trump’s personal attorney

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Jennifer Victor
Jennifer Victor

Written by Jennifer Victor

Associate professor political science, Schar School Policy and Government, George Mason Univ.; Congress, parties, campaign finance, networks. Blogger @MisofFact