Schiff hints he'll push House to impeach Trump for blocking witnesses
by Susan Ferrechio
| October 08, 2019 10:46 AM
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the White House is obstructing an impeachment inquiry by blocking the United States ambassador to the European Union and other key witnesses from testifying.
“We consider this act today, and the withholding of the ambassador’s documents and other efforts to discourage other State Department witnesses, as further acts of obstruction of a co-equal branch of government,†Schiff said Tuesday.
The California Democrat made the accusation after the State Department blocked Gordon Sondland’s testimony hours before his scheduled appearance at a closed-door session on Capitol Hill.
The Trump administration also refused to turn over text messages sent by Sondland related to concerns President Trump was withholding security aid to Ukraine in an effort to get the government to investigate actions by Democrats during the 2016 election.
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