A key witness in the House impeachment inquiry was ordered not to appear at a scheduled deposition on Tuesday, ramping up tensions between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration.
The State Department instructed Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to appear for the deposition, according to his counsel.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) later lashed out at the State Department, saying Sondland has messages on a personal device that are relevant to the impeachment inquiry. He and the chairmen of two other House panels said they would issue a subpoena to Sondland.
View the complete October 8 article by Cristina Marcos and Alicia Cohn on The Hill website here.