On Eve Of Impeachment Vote, Donald Trump Sends Six-Page Rant To Nancy Pelosi

HERTFORD, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: U.S. President Donald Trump attends the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel on December 4, 2019 in Watford, England. France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk in 1947 in the aftermath of WW2 cementing a mutual alliance in the event of an attack by Germany or the Soviet Union. The Benelux countries joined the Treaty and in April 1949 expanded further to include North America and Canada followed by Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. This new military alliance became the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The organisation grew with Greece and Turkey becoming members and a re-armed West Germany was permitted in 1955. This encouraged the creation of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact delineating the two sides of the Cold War. This year marks the 70th anniversary of NATO. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Donald Trump wrote a six-page letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi saying: I write this letter to you for the purpose of history and to put my thoughts on a permanent and indelible record. Indeed he is going on record, but it may not be to his advantage. In it, Trump spreads falsehoods and comes off as angry, bitter and defensive. These are a few excerpts:

This impeachment represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat Lawmakers, unequaled in nearly two and a half centuries of American legislative history.

You have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment!

More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials.

Read the full letter here.

This letter is an embarrassment to the office.

The Founders gave the House of Representatives the "sole power of impeachment" in the United States Constitution to stop abuses of power like the ones Trump committed in plain sight and no amount of temper tantrums will change that. https://t.co/HTUWzHVpyP
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) December 17, 2019

I'm only 2 1/2 paragraphs in to Trump's letter and it's clear to me that our President is unwell, unfit and very uninformed about our government & our legal system. And that fills me with a profound sadness that we're at this point. It's time to fix this. Past time.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 17, 2019

The letter comes on the eve of a vote in the full House on two articles of impeachment charging the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Politico writes:

“But the broader intent of the letter to the speaker — which appeared to represent little more than a messaging document, rehashing the same grievances Trump has frequently aired mixed with legal defense — was not immediately clear.“