WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Constitution gives the House the sole power of impeachment but it confers that authority without an instruction manual.
Now comes the battle royal over exactly what it means.
In vowing to halt all cooperation with House Democrats impeachment inquiry, the White House on Tuesday labeled the investigation illegitimate based on its own reading of the Constitutions vague language.
In an eight-page letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone pointed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosis failure to call for an official vote to proceed with the inquiry as grounds to claim the process a farce.