House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff called the State Department’s blocking of US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland deposition on Tuesday “strong evidence of obstruction” for Democrat’s impeachment investigation.
The State Department on Tuesday directed Sondland not to testify before Congress, scrambling Democrats’ impeachment investigation and raising questions about whether they will be able to obtain testimony from other witnesses. But Schiff’s sharp response to Sondland’s absence is a sign of how the impeachment fight is likely to escalate.
Sondland’s attorney Robert Luskin said his client was told earlier Tuesday morning by the State Department not to appear.
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