Trump Turns Sheriffs Meeting Into Pep Rally

WASHINGTON (AP) – Dogged by the threat of impeachment, President Donald Trump turned a meeting with U.S. sheriffs into a mini-pep rally.  Sheriffs standing on staircases at the rear of the White House broke into cheers and applause when they saw Trump leave the Oval Office and walk up the driveway toward them. They shouted “We’ve got your back, Mr. President” and “Amen” and chanted “U-S-A, U-S-A.”  The sheriffs met privately with Trump before presenting him with an award in front of the news media. They were in Washington to lobby Congress to act on border security and immigration policy.  Trump is facing possible impeachment by the House after a whistleblower alleged he used his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. presidential election.