Three House committees on Tuesday announced their intention to subpoena Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, hours after the White House blocked Sondland from testifying.
Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said that Trump’s refusal to allow Sondland to speak to their committees appeared “to be part of the White House’s effort to obstruct the impeachment inquiry and to cover up President Trump’s misconduct from Congress and the American people.”
Sondland also turned over electronic messages from his personal devices to the State Department, leading the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight committees to subpoena the documents.
“Ambassador Sondland’s testimony and documents are vital, and that is precisely why the administration is now blocking his testimony and withholding his documents,” the congressmen said.
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