Democrats to subpoena White House for Ukraine documents

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Democrats pursuing an impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump say they will subpoena the White House for documents related to his dealings with Ukraine&comma; citing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;flagrant disregard” of their previous requests for information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Elijah Cummings wrote in a memo to panel members that the action is necessary because the White House has ignored multiple requests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Given the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stark and urgent warnings” the inspector general for the intelligence community has delivered to Congress&comma; Mr Cummings said&comma; the panel has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no choice but to issue this subpoena”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">🚨<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;BREAKING&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;BREAKING<&sol;a>🚨<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RepCummings&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;RepCummings<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RepAdamSchiff&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;RepAdamSchiff<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RepEliotEngel&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;RepEliotEngel<&sol;a> released a memo and draft subpoena compelling the White House to produce key documents as part of the impeachment inquiry&period; Read it here&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Gvo8dIDuCN">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Gvo8dIDuCN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Oversight Committee &lpar;&commat;OversightDems&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;OversightDems&sol;status&sol;1179405259359375364&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The subpoena is directed towards acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney&period; It requests 13 separate batches of documents related to a July phone call Mr Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and related matters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Oversight panel will issue the subpoena on Friday in co-ordination with the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees&comma; Mr Cummings said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The action came as House and Senate staff prepared for an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;urgent” meeting with the State Department’s inspector general on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An invitation said only that the inspector general&comma; Steve Linick&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;would like to discuss and provide staff with copies of documents related to the State Department and Ukraine”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The documents were obtained from the State Department’s acting legal adviser&comma; according to the email&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">I’m concerned with aspects of the Committee’s request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate&comma; bully&comma; &amp&semi; treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State&comma; including several career FSOs&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;QRtMaXlhQM">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;QRtMaXlhQM<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Secretary Pompeo &lpar;&commat;SecPompeo&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SecPompeo&sol;status&sol;1179040126032367616&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 1&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Secretary of state Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Wednesday he was on the phone call between Mr Trump and Mr Zelenskiy that is at the centre of the impeachment inquiry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that as America’s chief diplomat he is well-versed in US policy towards Ukraine&comma; but continued to push back against what he said was Democrats’ &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bullying and intimidation”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Trump administration has set a defiant tone&comma; resisting Congress’s access to witnesses&comma; even as House Democrats warn such efforts themselves could amount to an impeachable offence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Democrats have scheduled closed-door depositions on Thursday with former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and next week with ousted US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2e1e3bde6b">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; 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