<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of <i>NBC News</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-explodes-democrats-ratchet-impeachment-push-n1061281">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-explodes-democrats-ratchet-impeachment-push-n1061281</a></div><div><br></div><div>——————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; line-height: 1;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Trump explodes as Democrats ratchet up impeachment push</span></font></h1><div class="articleDek dekSummary___GcgCT f4 f5-m f6-l f7-xl publico-hed lh-copy fw3 ls-normal mb3 mb6-m" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>The president lashed out at Hill Democrats on Twitter as House leaders announced a fresh round of potential White House subpoenas.</b></span></div></div><div><div>WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump laced<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-threaten-white-house-subpoena-ukraine-documents-n1061141" target="_blank" class=" vilynx_listened" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">into ramped-up impeachment efforts on Capitol Hill</a></span> as "BULLSHIT" on Wednesday, as lawmakers signaled that White House refusal to comply with their requests would be used as evidence against him.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016,” Trump tweeted as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill.</div><div><br></div><div>“[G]et a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In a morning tweetstorm ahead of planned meetings with the visiting president of Finland, Trump called Schiff a “low life,” blamed declines in the stock market on Democratic impeachment efforts, and suggested staffers were inappropriately listening to his phone calls.</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly after, as he met with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Trump repeated his criticism of Schiff, saying the California Democrat should "resign from office in disgrace, and frankly, they should look at him for treason."</div><div><br></div><div>The comments followed his Tuesday night suggestion that the impeachment inquiry process <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-calls-impeachment-inquiry-coup-n1061036" target="_blank" class=" vilynx_listened" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">amounted to an attempted coup</font></a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The president's allies have struggled to mount an organized defense from inside or outside the White House in the week since Pelosi announced she was starting the formal impeachment process, leaving Trump's Twitter feed as the main method of counter-attack.</div><div><br></div><div>House Democrats announced Wednesday that they would subpoena White House officials by the end of the week if their demands for documents related to the investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to push Ukraine to probe Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden were not met.</div><div><br></div><div>White House officials did not directly respond to the question of whether they would comply with the subpoena, instead focusing criticism again on the impeachment process itself.</div><div><br></div><div>"This is nothing but more document requests, wasted time, and taxpayer dollars that will ultimately show the President did nothing wrong. The Dems can continue with their kangaroo court, the President will continue to work on behalf of this country," said White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham</div><div><br></div><div>After Pelosi spoke about her desire to work with Trump to pass legislation on drug pricing and trade, Trump tweeted that “it is just camouflage for trying to win an election through impeachment.”</div><div><br></div><div>Inside the White House, though, staffers have continued to try to work with congressional aides despite the feuding. Staffers for Pelosi on the Energy and Commerce Committee were schedule to meet Tuesday with White House aides to talk about drug pricing, according to a person familiar with the meeting.</div></div><div><br></div><div>——————————————-<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump”</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3</font></a></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>