Trump lashes out in anger as Democrats warn of legal action

&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;"1">&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>President Donald Trump has lashed out against the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine&comma; hours after House Democratic leaders warned the White House to expect a subpoena for documents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Democrats accused the administration of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;flagrant disregard” of previous requests and said that refusal could be considered an impeachable offence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Separately&comma; the Democrats accused President Trump of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an incitement to violence” against a national security whistleblower and advised him and his administration not to intimidate potential witnesses in the impeachment inquiry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The whistleblower exposed a July phone call that President Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which he pressed for an investigation of Democratic political rival Joe Biden and his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id&equals;"0">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"twitter-widget-0" class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget" lang&equals;"en" data-click-to-open-target&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump&sol;status&sol;1179402197093814272" data-iframe-title&equals;"Twitter Tweet" data-scribe&equals;"page&colon;tweet" data-twitter-event-id&equals;"2">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet-tweet">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"Tweet-header">https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump&sol;status&sol;1179402197093814272<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Democrats say the pressure on Mr Zelenskiy&comma; on its own&comma; constitutes an abuse of power worthy of impeachment scrutiny&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In appearances in the Oval Office and a joint press conference with the president of Finland&comma; President Trump displayed an unusual show of anger as he defended what he has called his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;perfect” phone call with Mr Zelenskiy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He suggested&comma; without evidence&comma; that House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff may have committed treason&comma; and&comma; again without evidence&comma; labelled Mr Biden and his son &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stone cold crooked”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At one point&comma; President Trump demanded that a reporter pressing him on his dealings with Ukraine move on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ask the president of Finland a question&comma; please&comma;”<&sol;em> he said&comma; emphasising each word&comma; eventually labelling the reporter &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;corrupt”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Trump declined to answer yes or no when asked if he would cooperate with the House to produce requested documents on Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Well&comma; 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