Trump is also calling GOP lawmakers, having lunch with them and opening up Camp David for fun weekends as part of his impeachment "charm offensive."
Walter Shaub, the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, is dumbfounded that President Donald Trump is cranking up his fundraising efforts on behalf of senators who will likely soon serve as his “jurors” in an impeachment trial.
The accused is helping jurors raise money. Does it get any more preposterous than that?https://t.co/49LV4AvZbEShaub, who served under former President Barack Obama and Trump, was reacting to a story in Politico last month headlined: “Trump Lures GOP Senators on Impeachment With Cold Cash.” Earlier this week, Trump was relaxed and smiling with his Republican critics Sen. Mitt Romney and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, among the only three Republican senators who aren’t backing the anti-impeachment resolution. Romney called lunch with Trump on Thursday “delightful” — even though the president addressed the impeachment issue, according to the senator.
The idea to use the presidential retreat to woo House Republicans came from acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as the impeachment inquiry got underway, according to the Post.
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