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Democratic Party asks White House for subpoenas

2019-10-06T03:02:24.678Z


[Washington, 4th Reuters]-The US Democratic Party, which is investigating the Trump impeachment over Ukrainian allegations, issued a subpoena on the 4th to order the White House to submit related documents. Of the three committees of the House Democrat


[Washington, 4th Reuters]-The US Democratic Party, which is investigating the Trump impeachment over Ukrainian allegations, issued a subpoena on the 4th to order the White House to submit related documents.

The chairpersons of the three Democratic committees of the House of Representatives called for submissions in a teleconference document held on July 25 by President Trump and Ukrainian President Zerensky, which is the heart of the impeachment investigation.

The three said they had to issue a subpoena because the White House did not respond to the submission of the document requested on September 9th.

"It is very regrettable that President Trump has put us in this situation. We have no choice but to give a subpoena," Elijah Cummings, Chairman of the Surveillance Committee, Adam Schiff President Elliott Engel, Foreign Commissioner, said.

The three asked the White House to provide information, including those who were present at the telephone conference, by 18 October.

White House spokesman Stephanie Grisham said, “This subpoena is just a request for additional documentation and nothing changes. Eventually it proves that the president is doing nothing wrong. “That ’s a waste of taxes.”

According to officials, the White House defense team believes that Trump does not have to respond to the request until the House, where the Democrats make up two-thirds, formally resolves the impeachment.

Apart from this, the three Democratic Committees requested Vice President Pence to submit relevant documents. It is requesting that a document on the July telephone summit and the September 1 meeting between Mr. Pence and President Zerensky be submitted by October 15.

According to a part of the telephone conference record, Mr. Trump will investigate Mr. Zerensky, the former Democratic Vice President of the Democratic Party, who could be a powerful competitor in the 2020 presidential election, and his son who was a Ukrainian gas company executive. “Please”.

At that time, the Trump administration had suspended hundreds of millions of dollars of support for Ukraine. The Democratic Party believes that Trump, who is aiming for re-election, used US diplomacy and taxes for political purposes.

“There was information publicly available that suspiciously the Vice President played an important role in conveying President Trump's harsh message to the President of Ukraine,” the three Democratic Party chairmen pointed out in a letter to Mr. Pence.

Mr. Pence and Mr. Zelensky discussed a $ 250 million military support to Ukraine in a talk. The US Congress admitted support, but the Trump administration was not yet put into practice.

Source: asahi

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