The House impeachment inquiry focusing on the Trump administration’s Ukraine conduct is ramping up: House committees have scheduled depositions for several key State Department officials and issued a subpoena for related records.
It is unclear whether the State Department will allow the officials to sit for the depositions and whether it will resist the subpoena. The House warned that a failure to comply on either front will be cited as obstruction in the impeachment inquiry.
Friday’s requests show that the House is moving quickly with its impeachment effort, which was only publicly blessed by House leadership on Tuesday. The investigation could escalate …read more
Source:: TPM
