On Lawfare Ben Berwick, Jamila Benkato, and Cameron Kistler describe Trump’s pattern of shifting his defense from one venue to another and creating a circular reasoning to deny that none of them has jurisdiction. In the end he is arguing he’s not accountable to anyone. Here’s their summary:
To summarize: President Trump’s view—advanced by his personal and executive branch attorneys—is that the president cannot be subject to even the most indirect criminal investigation, because impeachment is the only remedy for presidential misconduct. But the House cannot demand any information from the president in support of an impeachment investigation. And federal courts cannot enforce House subpoenas against a stonewalling executive branch, because the remedy for such stonewalling is impeachment. But the president cannot be impeached for obstruction of Congress, because that doesn’t rise to the level of criminal activity. And, the president, because he is president, is incapable of committing a crime. And in any event, federal and state law enforcement can’t investigate whether he did.
He really does believe that he’s above the law and no one can do anything about it.
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