Tag: Trump Ukraine scandale

Schiff: State withholding Sondland texts, messages on personal device

The Hill logoA key witness the State Department blocked from an impeachment deposition on Tuesday has messages on a personal device that has not been provided to Congress, according to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

The House Intelligence Committee chairman ripped the State Department for blocking the deposition of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, and said the messages being withheld were relevant to the House impeachment inquiry.

“Not only is the Congress being deprived of his testimony, and the American people are being deprived of his testimony today, but we are also aware that the ambassador has text messages or emails on a personal device which have been provided to the State Department,” Schiff told reporters shortly after the State Department blocked Sondland’s appearance.

View the complete October 8 article by Cristina Marcos on The Hill website here.

House Democrats subpoena White House in impeachment inquiry

Axios logoHouse committees leading the impeachment inquiry against President Trump subpoenaed acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Friday.

The big picture: This comes after nearly a month of White House refusals to comply with House investigations into whether Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, and by withholding security assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine, per the subpoena. The committees are demanding documents by Oct. 18.

    • “After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up,” the letter reads.

The state of play: Several White House officials have told Axios’ Alayna Treene that the administration has no plans of complying with the committees’ demands for interviews or documents without a full House vote formally approving an impeachment inquiry.

View the complete October 4 article by Orion Rummler on the Axios website.