as a white house lawyer sends a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi vowing not to cooperate with what they are calling an illegitimate and unconstitutional impeachment inquiry. and pointing out there has not been a formal vote in the house. but top democrats hitting back, house intelligence chair adam schiff tweeting that the white house thinks the president is above the law. and house speaker nancy pelosi echoing that, telling democrats in a letter, the actions taken by the president over the past two weeks show a defiance of our founders with a total disregard for their wisdom and the u.s. constitution. it in his great and unmatched wisdom, president trump must know that no one is above the law. the president will be held accountable. when it comes to impeachment, it is just about the facts and the constitution. under course whatever happens the house, the final say will be in the senate. lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle weighing in.
as the guys to keep it secret. that is one issue. i want to say nancy pelosi melissa: there you go. fox news alert, president trump has hired trey gowdy as outside counsel to represent him in the democrat house impeachment inquiry. wow. he s, of course, a former republican congress men from south carolina who was the house oversight and government reform committee chairman. he has influential roles, or had them, in the house benghazi investigation. he also was a fox news contributor. we will bring you any details as soon a we get them. boy, we ve seen him in action before. dagen: can i finish my thought quite? melissa: they just got a million times more entertaining. go ahead. dagen: dagen: nancy pelosg into uncharted waters and she is waiting into mud of unknown depths. if the democrats aren t careful, with gowdy on board, its quicksand. melissa: coming up, turkish