The California Democrat is sharply escalating her criticism of the president for blocking congressional oversight, accusing him of a displaying a “growing pattern of obstruction.”
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow May 1 at 6:00 AM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sharply escalating her criticism of President Trump following a rare day of bipartisan talks at the White House, rolling out a messaging campaign Wednesday that casts the man in the Oval Office as trampling the Constitution and “sabotaging checks [and] balances.”
The release of the Pelosi memo followed reports that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III confronted Attorney General William P. Barr about his characterization of the Russia investigation. Rank-and-file House Democrats on Tuesday night were salivating over the prospect that Mueller — whom they’ve asked to testify on Capitol Hill in the coming weeks — had accused Barr of misconstruing his findings on whether the president tried to obstruct justice.
Pelosi’s language in the new memo, however, closely tracks with the complaints lodged by her chairmen in recent days. The panels probing Trump, in fact, helped craft the document. The no-cooperation strategy has infuriated chairmen and members of the investigative panels, increasing calls for impeachment among the rank-and-file Democrats despite the lack of public support for proceedings at this time. Democrats who support the push to oust the president argue that those polls will change once they make the case to the public about Trump’s alleged infractions.
The memo says the Trump administration has “denied or delayed” information or testimony regarding the following: the administration’s decision to try to strike down Obamacare, including preexisting condition protections, in the courts; the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border; and allegations that Mar-a-Lago Club members “asserted influence over” Veterans Affairs Department matters.
The document highlights how the Justice Department last week ignored a subpoena for testimony as part of Democrats’ investigation into the 2020 Census. Pelosi also accuses the administration of “undermining national security” by stopping a decade-long practice of giving members on the Homeland Security panels briefings on nationwide threats.
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