Washington-SANA
Rudy Giuliani, the chairman of the House of Representatives, has been ordered to hand over documents on the case of Ukraine as part of an inquiry into the impeachment of the Republican president.
Giuliani "acknowledged on television that he, as president's personal lawyer, has asked the Ukrainian government to target former Vice President Joe Biden for his activities in Ukraine," Agence France Presse quoted MPs as saying in a statement. October 15.
He warned the heads of the three parliamentary committees, namely, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight of the Executive Giuliani that "his refusal or non-compliance with this restraining order will be a sign of obstructing the ongoing investigation in the House of Representatives."
The House of Representatives opened an investigation on suspicion of abuse of power by the president during a telephone conversation between him and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelinsky. Office.
"In addition to this grave confession, I recently stated that you have evidence in the form of text messages, phone call records and other communications that you were not acting alone and that other Trump administration officials may have been involved in the plot," the heads of the parliamentary committees said in a statement. .
Democrats also summoned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify in the House of Representatives as part of the investigation into Ukraine, where a State Department official confirmed that Pompeo was among those who listened to the conversation between Trump and Zelensky.
On September 24, Democrats who control the House of Representatives opened an investigation on suspicion that the Republican president had pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to open a judicial inquiry in Ukraine that would target the son of Joe Biden, the favorite to win the Democratic nomination, and face Trump during the next presidential election in 2020.
Hunter was a member of the board of the Ukrainian gas group when his father was Vice President Barack Obama.
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