Washington sources reported that the White House had blocked a top US diplomat from speaking to Congress as part of the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump, dramatically escalating the battle with Democrats over his presidency. Meanwhile the lawyer said Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland had voluntarily agreed to be deposed by House Democrats who were expected to press him about Trump's effort this year to pressure ukraine into investigating a political rival.

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Meanwhile the lawyer pointed to State, Trump swiftly owned the decision, telling followers on Twitter that he would "love" to have sent Sondland to sit for a Capitol Hill deposition. Furthermore democrats leading the probe have repeatedly stated that administration efforts to impede the investigation will be construed as obstruction. They hammered the point home Tuesday after the White House blockage.



Apparently "The failure to produce this witness, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of Congress," House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff told reporters. Sondland was one of a handful of US diplomats on a text message chain, provided to Democrats leading the probe that go to the heart of the focus of the investigation.


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SIBY HERALD

11/10/2019 10:30 AM