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.