WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: George T. Conway III, husband of White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Conservative attorney George Conway urged Trump Administration officials to resign stating the West Wing loyalists are incapable of handling President Donald Trump for his actions.
“If you can’t have a positive effect on him, and I don’t think anybody can, yeah,” Conway, who is married to White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, said on Preet Bharara’s podcast on Thursday,
His statement followed the Thursday letter addressed to Democratic Congress members, in which administration formally refused to participate in further Democratic impeachment activities. The eight-page document states the Democratic House’s actions “violate[s] the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent,” in addition to denying Trump his “due process rights.”
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone attacked the entire impeachment process, arguing that until Congress formally votes to begin an inquiry, the White House is not obligated to cooperate with the House.
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
Cipollone claimed the proceeding is a Democratic effort to overturn the 2016 presidential election results and manipulate the 2020 race.
SLIDESHOW: TOP DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020
Conway called the arguments made by Cipollone “useless garbage,” stating that constitutional law grants the House the sole power to impeach public officials. He also added the chamber could hypothetically approve indictment without any hearings.
A proposed bill in California would prohibit security screening company CLEAR from skipping the general…
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law allowing…
The Arizona House of Representatives failed to advance a repeal of the state's 160-year-old abortion…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed a bill restoring criminal charges in cases of hard drug possession.…
President Joe Biden's administration announced the first-ever national limits on toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water. This…
On Wednesday, the Senate dismissed the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. House…