Article snippet: “President Trump and his administration reject your baseless, unconstitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process,” the letter read. The eight-page letter was released by the White House to reporters on Tuesday evening. White House counsel Pat Cipollone authored the letter, which directly challenged the Democrats in Congress. The letter read: The White House refused to comply with Democrat demands for witnesses and documents, citing the “legal and constitutional flaws” in the process. Speaking to reporters after the letter was released, the White House sternly lectured the House Democrats for breaking precedent by hosting an impeachment process without holding an official vote. “For the first time in our nation’s history, the House of Representatives is now purporting to proceed an impeachment inquiry against the president, without conducting a vote on the house floor,” a senior White House official said in a call with reporters after the letter was released. The official did not detail whether the president was willing to cooperate with the House of Representatives’ inquiry if the vote passed. “We don’t want to speculate on what would happen in various hypothetical situations,” the official said. The letter was also addressed to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings. White House lawyers criticized Democrats’ actio... Link to the full article to read more